Resuscitation
Defibrillation in patients with accidental hypothermia and core temperatures ≤30°C - a retrospective observational study.
Evelien Cools, Robert Blasco, Peter Paal, Delphine S Courvoisier, Ken Zafren, Hermann Brugger, Simon Rauch, Beat Walpoth
Published: 202610.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.110971
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Defibrillation often fails in patients in hypothermic cardiac arrest with shockable rhythms. In patients with core temperatures (Tc) ≤30°C the success rate, optimal number, timing of defibrillations, and factors including rewarming associ…
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