Severe accidental hypothermia treated in an ICU: prognosis and outcome.

T. Vassal; B. Benoit-Gonin; F. Carrat; B. Guidet; E. Maury; G. Offenstadt

DOI:10.1378/CHEST.120.6.1998

Corpus ID: 10672639

Severe accidental hypothermia treated in an ICU: prognosis and outcome.

@article{Vassal2001SevereAH,
  title={Severe accidental hypothermia treated in an ICU: prognosis and outcome.},
  author={T. Vassal and B. Benoit-Gonin and F. Carrat and B. Guidet and E. Maury and G. Offenstadt},
  journal={Chest},
  year={2001},
  volume={120 6},
  pages={
          1998-2003
        }
}

T. Vassal, B. Benoit-Gonin, +3 authors G. Offenstadt

Published 2001

Medicine

Chest

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to an ICU for severe accidental hypothermia, and to identify risk factors for mortality. METHODS All consecutive patients admitted to an ICU between January 1, 1979, and July 31, 1998, with a temperature of < or = 32 degrees C were retrospectively analyzed. Rewarming was always conducted passively with survival blankets and conventional covers. Prognostic factors were studied by means of univariate analysis (Mann… CONTINUE READING

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