title: Hypothermic cardiac arrest.
abstract: After being lost for 16 hr, a 7-yr-old boy was admitted to the emergency Department (ED) in a severe hypothermic condition of 23.3 degrees C with cardiac arrest. Active rewarming was conducted with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Sixty minutes after admission, return of spontaneous circulation was confirmed. Fever developed 14 hr after admission and continued for 9 days due to frostbite wound of both feet. This case report demonstrates successful resuscitation in severe hypothermic cardiac arrest with complete neurologic recovery in a 7-yr-old boy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bok Ki
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jun Sig
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Baik
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002648:Child; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017694:Rewarming