Use of cold intravenous fluid to induce hypothermia in a comatose child after cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.010.
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Abstract
We report a case in which mild hypothermia was induced successfully using a cold intravenous fluid infusion in a 12-year-old boy who was comatose following 21 min of cardiac arrest caused by a lightning strike.
Medical subject headings
- Coma
- Heart Arrest
- Hypothermia, Induced
- Lightning Injuries
- Sodium Chloride