DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i03.029

Pages: 1017-1019

Although accidental hypothermia is considered a totally preventable cause of death, severe hypothermia (<28oC) carries a mortality rate about 21%. That’s why conventional rewarming techniques such as using a warming blanket, warm intravenous saline, nasogastric lavage, continuous bladder irrigation and thoracic lavage via chest tubes are often considered inefficient and extracorporeal circulation is the therapy of choice. We report a case of severe hypothermia (24.1oC) successfully resuscitated without using extracorporeal circulation observed in an urban hospital in Northern Greece.