Use of an Esophageal Heat Exchanger to Maintain Core Temperature during Burn Excisions and to Attenuate Pyrexia on the Burns Intensive Care Unit

Introduction. Burns patients are vulnerable to hyperthermia due to sepsis and SIRS and to hypothermia due to heat loss during excision surgery. Both states are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We describe the first use of a novel esophageal heat exchange device in combination with...

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Autores principales: Williams, David, Leslie, Gordon, Kyriazis, Dimitrios, O'Donovan, Benjamin, Bowes, Joanne, Dingley, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7306341

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7306341

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