Sequela-free long-term survival of a 65-year-old woman after 8 hours and 40 minutes of cardiac arrest from deep accidental hypothermia

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan;147(1):e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.085. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

Authors

Marie Meyer¹, Nathalie Pelurson², Ebrahim Khabiri³, Nils Siegenthaler⁴, Beat H Walpoth³

Affiliations

¹ Service of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: marie.meyer@hcuge.ch.
² Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier d'Embrun, Embrun, France.
³ Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 24176273
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.085

No abstract available

Keywords: 16; 17; 22; 25.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Humans
Hypothermia / complications*
Hypothermia / diagnosis
Hypothermia / physiopathology
Hypothermia / therapy
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / diagnosis
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology*
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / physiopathology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
Recovery of Function
Rewarming
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome