Use of cold intravenous fluid to induce hypothermia in a comatose child after cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike.
We report a case in which mild hypothermia was induced successfully using a cold intravenous fluid infusion in a 12-year-old boy who was comatose following 21 min of cardiac arrest caused by a lightning strike.
Kim
Young-Min
YM
Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. emart@catholic.ac.kr
Jeong
Ju-Hwan
JH
Kyong
Yeon-Young
YY
Kim
Han-Joon
HJ
Kim
Ji-Hoon
JH
Park
Jeong-Ho
JH
Park
Kyu-Nam
KN
D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D012965:Sodium Chloride