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A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia

Hypothermia is an involuntary fall in body temperature, usually below 35°C. Hypothermia is a common condition, especially in frigid zones. However, it should not be forgotten that it can also occur in temperate climates or for iatrogenic reasons. Hypothermia is associated with seriously severe arrhy...

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Autores principales: Zaki, Hany A, Alhatemi, Mubarak, Hendy, Mohamed, Kaber, Yasser, Iftikhar, Haris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9068162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530850
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23822
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author Zaki, Hany A
Alhatemi, Mubarak
Hendy, Mohamed
Kaber, Yasser
Iftikhar, Haris
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description Hypothermia is an involuntary fall in body temperature, usually below 35°C. Hypothermia is a common condition, especially in frigid zones. However, it should not be forgotten that it can also occur in temperate climates or for iatrogenic reasons. Hypothermia is associated with seriously severe arrhythmias, particularly ventricular fibrillation, and there are many reports of prolonged resuscitation in these patient groups. This case report shows that a standard thermometer, either with Emergency Medical Services or in-hospital, will be incapable of reading the temperature if it is less than 34°C and will falsely read 34°C when in reality it is lower than that; in a clinically relevant scenario, a low-reading thermometer or core body temperature readings, such as rectal or esophageal, should be used.
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spelling pubmed-90681622022-05-05 A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia Zaki, Hany A Alhatemi, Mubarak Hendy, Mohamed Kaber, Yasser Iftikhar, Haris Cureus Cardiology Hypothermia is an involuntary fall in body temperature, usually below 35°C. Hypothermia is a common condition, especially in frigid zones. However, it should not be forgotten that it can also occur in temperate climates or for iatrogenic reasons. Hypothermia is associated with seriously severe arrhythmias, particularly ventricular fibrillation, and there are many reports of prolonged resuscitation in these patient groups. This case report shows that a standard thermometer, either with Emergency Medical Services or in-hospital, will be incapable of reading the temperature if it is less than 34°C and will falsely read 34°C when in reality it is lower than that; in a clinically relevant scenario, a low-reading thermometer or core body temperature readings, such as rectal or esophageal, should be used. Cureus 2022-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9068162/ /pubmed/35530850 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23822 Text en Copyright © 2022, Zaki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Zaki, Hany A
Alhatemi, Mubarak
Hendy, Mohamed
Kaber, Yasser
Iftikhar, Haris
A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title_full A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title_fullStr A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title_full_unstemmed A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title_short A Case of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response Due to Iatrogenic Hypothermia
title_sort case of new-onset atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response due to iatrogenic hypothermia
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9068162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530850
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23822
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