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20223413

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to clearly benefit comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. It is reasonable to postulate that if therapeutic hypothermia is beneficial for the neurological injury of cardiac arrest, then it may have a role in the treatment of near-hanging suffocation injuries. We report a retrospective series of 2 patients who received mild therapeutic hypothermia for their comatose state after a near-hanging injury. The exclusionary criteria and protocols that we use for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest were used. After at least 24 hours of mild therapeutic hypothermia, both patients had a complete return of neurological function, with Glasgow Coma Scale scores of 15 at the time of discharge from the hospital. These data, taken with other case series, suggest that therapeutic hypothermia may be beneficial for comatose survivors of near-hanging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1532-8171
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390.e1-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Beneficial response to mild therapeutic hypothermia for comatose survivors of near-hanging.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, USA. jehle@ecmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports