title: Use of cold intravenous fluid to induce hypothermia in a comatose child after cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. emart@catholic.ac.kr
authors.forename: Young-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ju-Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Yeon-Young
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Kyong
authors.forename: Han-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyu-Nam
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride