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Treatment of moderate-to-severe hypothermia in an urban setting

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Study objectives:

To study the treatment of moderate-to-severe hypothermia using a combination of core rewarming techniques.

Design:

A prospective study.

Setting:

The emergency department of an urban, community hospital.

Type of patients:

Sixteen patients who presented with accidental hypothermia with a core temperature of less than 32 C.

Interventions:

All patients were treated with warmed IV fluids either through central or peripheral IV lines and heated aerosol masks.

Measurements and main results:

The patients had a mean rewarming rate of 1.16 C/hr; all survived. The majority were chronic alcoholic patients who presented with multiple medical conditions that required hospitalization.

Conclusion:

All patients recovered with this method of core rewarming.

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