[Continual venous haemofiltration in severe hypothermia].
A seventy-year-old male was brought to the emergency department severely hypothermic with a core temperature of 27 degrees C. He had sustained circulation and was actively rewarmed for 6,5 hours using central veno-venous haemofiltration. The rewarming was uneventful and the patient was discharged without sequelae. This case is an example of efficient and fast rewarming of severe accidental hypothermia by use of CVVH - a method currently available at most intensive care units in Denmark.
Nielsen
Jane Stab
JS
Anaestesiologisk-intensiv Afdeling, Kolding Sygehus, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark. janestab@dadlnet.dk
Gilsaa
Torben
T
D000059:Accidents; D000368:Aged; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017694:Rewarming / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome