Citation

Kumle B, Döring B, Mertes H, Posival H. Anasthesiol. Intensivmed. Notfallmed. Schmerzther. 1997; 32(12): 754-756.

Vernacular Title

Reanimation eines Beinah-Ertrunkenen mittels einer portablen extrakorporalen

Affiliation

Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Klinkum der Stadt Ludwigshafen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2007-995151

PMID

9498097

Abstract

We report on a 21-year old patient who nearly drowned in cold water under inexplicable circumstances. About 1/2 hour later he was found with cardiac arrest. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation remained unsuccessfully but was continued. After transportation to the nearest hospital a core temperature of 26.1 degrees C was recorded. A team of our hospital arrived 2 1/2 hours after start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After introducing a femo-femoral bypass the patient was rapidly rewarmed and oxygenated using a portable extracorporeal circulation and membrane oxygenation. Defibrillation succeeded at a core temperature of 34.4 degrees C. A severe ARDS developed the same day which was successfully treated by membrane oxygenation. 41 days later the patient left the hospital fully recovered.

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