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Pancytopenia associated with hypothermia.

M P Daly1, C H Rosenfarb

  • 1Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
|March 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary
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Moderate hypothermia can cause reversible pancytopenia (a decrease in all blood cell types) in elderly patients. This hematologic abnormality should be recognized as a potential complication of hypothermia when other causes are absent.

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Area of Science:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Geriatrics

Background:

  • Hypothermia is a condition of abnormally low body temperature.
  • Hematologic abnormalities are common in critically ill patients.
  • The association between hypothermia and pancytopenia is not well-established.