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Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
Published on: November 21, 2017
[Prolonged therapeutic hypothermia after pericardial effusion drain surgery]
A Román Fernández1, A López Álvarez1, J L Barreiro Canosa1
1Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital Meixoeiro de Vigo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
Abstract:
Therapeutic hypothermia is an effective treatment for neurological protection after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and may also be beneficial for in-hospital cardiac arrest. Its use is limited in post-surgical patients due to the risk of specific complications, particularly bleeding. There are significant differences among previous publications regarding the time to reach the target temperature and the duration of therapy, so the optimal strategy is not yet established. We present the case of a patient who suffered a perioperative cardiac arrest related to a pericardial tamponade, and who underwent therapeutic hypothermia for 48h.
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