Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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Case Reports
[Accidental drowning with extreme hypothermia--rewarming with extracorporeal circulation].
A 3 1/2 year old boy had fallen into a fishpond. After about one hour the boy was brought to our hospital. ⋯ Via a sternotomy the heart lung machine was connected and core rewarming was achieved. After 7 days of artificial respiration the boy could be extubated, after 16 days the boy left our hospital without neurological consequences.