Use of cold intravenous fluid to induce hypothermia in a comatose child after cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike

Young-Min Kim; Ju-Hwan Jeong; Yeon-Young Kyong; Han-Joon Kim; Ji-Hoon Kim; Jeong-Ho Park; Kyu-Nam Park

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.010

Use of cold intravenous fluid to induce hypothermia in a comatose child after cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike

Resuscitation. 2008 Nov;79(2):336-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.010. Epub 2008 Sep 20.

Authors

Young-Min Kim¹, Ju-Hwan Jeong, Yeon-Young Kyong, Han-Joon Kim, Ji-Hoon Kim, Jeong-Ho Park, Kyu-Nam Park

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. emart@catholic.ac.kr

PMID: 18805616
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.010

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Coma / etiology
Coma / therapy*
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
Infusions, Intravenous
Lightning Injuries / complications*
Lightning Injuries / therapy
Male
Sodium Chloride / administration & dosage*

Substances

Sodium Chloride