• Rozhl Chir · Jun 2002

    Case Reports

    [Resuscitation of a patient with deep hypothermia using extracorporeal circulation].

    • R Brát, M Suk, J Bárta, T Schichel, D Kozák, T Kucera, P Prusenovský, and R Urbanec.
    • Kardiochirurgické centrum FN Ostrava.
    • Rozhl Chir. 2002 Jun 1;81(6):279-81.

    AbstractThe case-history describes successful resuscitation of a young man who was found after 15 hours following attempted suicide (intoxication with carbamazepine) in deep hypothermia (19 degrees C) with cardiac arrest. For rewarming the patient extracorporeal circulation was used. The patient was successfully disconnected from the extracorporeal circulation, relieved of the shock incl. severe rhabdomyolysis and intoxication with carbamazepine and discharged to domiciliary treatment without suffering from a neurological deficiency.

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