Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Hypothermic Cardiac Deterioration: A Case Series.

Authors

Matthew Niehaus DO, Lehigh ValleyFollow
Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
James K. Wu MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Steven P. Frei MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
John J. Hong MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Rovinder S. Sandhu MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

8-5-2016

Abstract

Accidental hypothermia can lead to untoward cardiac manifestations and arrest. This report presents a case series of severe accidental hypothermia with cardiac complications in three emergency patients who were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and survived after re-warming. The aim of this discussion was to encourage more clinicians to consider ECMO as a re-warming therapy for severe hypothermia with circulatory collapse and to prompt discussion about decreasing the barriers to its use. Niehaus MT , Pechulis RM , Wu JK , Frei S , Hong JJ , Sandhu RS , Greenberg MR . Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for hypothermic cardiac deterioration: a case series. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(5):570-571.

Volume

31

Issue

2

First Page

570

Last Page

571

ISSN

1945-1938

Published In/Presented At

Niehaus, M. T., Pechulis, R. M., Wu, J. K., Frei, S., Hong, J. J., Sandhu, R. S., & Greenberg, M. R. (2016). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Hypothermic Cardiac Deterioration: A Case Series. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, 31(5), 570-571. doi:10.1017/S1049023X16000637

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine

PubMedID

27492653

Department(s)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty

Document Type

Article