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Emergency Medicine Journal 2006;23:e56; doi:10.1136/emj.2006.035360
© 2006 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the College of Emergency Medicine.

EMERGENCY CASEBOOK

A novel method of intravascular temperature modulation to treat severe hypothermia

T Willekes, R Naunheim, M Lasater

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA

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M Lasater
14786 Hwy 63, Licking, MO 65542, USA; calhorselover{at}yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Intravascular rewarming may provide an efficient and reliable method of restoring normal body core temperature in patients, while avoiding after-drop. The system provides continuous temperature monitoring and automatically adjusts warm saline delivery until the desired temperature is reached.


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