title: The International Hypothermia Registry (IHR): Dieter's ESAO Winter Schools and Beat's International Hypothermia Registry.
abstract: Accidental hypothermia could be listed as an 'orphan disease,' since mild hypothermia is common but has no severe medical consequences, whereas severe hypothermia is rare and life-threatening. In order to increase our knowledge, find new outcome predictors, and propose better guidelines for the treatment of deep accidental hypothermia victims, we created the International Hypothermia Registry (IHR: https://www.hypothermia-registry.org), which will allow us to gather a large number of cases in order to achieve statistical significance and issue evidence-based recommendations.
authors.affiliation:  Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Beat H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Walpoth
authors.affiliation:  Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital, Lausanne - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation:  Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudet-Blavignac
authors.affiliation:  Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.affiliation:  Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gilquin
authors.affiliation:  Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lovis