Shuhei Takauji, Mineji Hayakawa, Daisuke Yamada, Tian Tian, Keita Minowa, Akihiko Inoue, Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Shutaro Isokawa, Naoya Miura, Tomoyuki Endo, Jin Irie, Gen Otomo, Hiroki Sato, Keisuke Bando, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Takashi Toyohara, Akiko Tomita, Motoko Iwahara, Satoru Murata, Junya Shimazaki, Takeo Matsuyoshi, Jo Yoshizawa, Kenichi Nitta, Yuta Sato
AIM: To elucidate the effectiveness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in accidental hypothermia (AH) patients with and without cardiac arrest (CA), including details of complications. METHODS: This study was a multicentre, prospective, observational study of AH in Japan. All adult (aged ≥18 years) AH patients with body temperature ≤32 °C who presented to the emergency department between December 2019 and March 2022 were included...
January 2023: Resuscitation