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Emergency casebook
A novel method of intravascular temperature modulation to treat severe hypothermia
  1. T Willekes,
  2. R Naunheim,
  3. M Lasater
  1. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.035360

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests: None declared.

    • Informed patient consent was obtained.