Aviat Space Envir Md
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Aviat Space Envir Md · Jun 1983
Review Comparative StudyA review of the literature concerning resuscitation from hypothermia: Part II--Selected rewarming protocols.
In Part I of this paper, a description of the problems confronted in resuscitation from immersion hypothermia was presented and the debate between passive and active rewarming approaches was summarized. In this paper, a review of the literature concerning selected specific rewarming protocols is given. The protocols considered are: peritoneal irrigation, gastrointestinal rewarming, extracorporeal blood rewarming, airway rewarming, and diathermy.