2010 Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Resuscitation 
PulmCCM
JANUARY 22, 2024
Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival. Read on for details.
PulmCCM
JANUARY 24, 2024
Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival. Read on for details.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 21, 2023
In the resuscitation room, the patient had another seizure that stopped after IV Lorazepam. Acute and reversible J waves are called "Osborn waves" and are often associated with hypothermia which can also induce ventricular arrhythmias (3), where their size correlates with colder temperatures and resolves with warming (5).
RebelEM
JUNE 19, 2023
This balance is upset in trauma by loss of blood and factors, acidosis, hypothermia and the inflammatory cascade. We should expect TXA to help in immediate stabilization and allow trauma teams the time to intervene (whether that be continued resuscitation, interventional or operative procedures). Lancet 2010; 376(9734): 23-32.
EMDocs
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Evaporative cooling is the preferred method to actively reduce body temperature in the emergency department , as it can be performed with ongoing resuscitation efforts. As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. What is your diagnosis, and what are your next steps in evaluation and management?
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
MARCH 1, 2016
The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Resuscitative Pearls Our goal here is damage control. Otherwise, resuscitate, identify the bleeding source, and slow or stop the bleeding with blood products or surgery. 2010 Nov;19(4):286-91. Puffer fish or blob: a hyperfibrinolytic tracing.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 26, 2023
The team start CPR, and this is emergently converted to extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation via the open sternotomy wound. The JET is treated by deepening sedation (to minimise exogenous and endogenous catecholamines), optimizing electrolytes and active mild hypothermia.
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