Citation

Klitgaard TL, Kjaergaard B, Staehr JB. Anaesth. Rep. 2019; 7(1): 11-13.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesia Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/anr3.12002

PMID

32051937

PMCID

PMC6931307

Abstract

We describe the successful resuscitation of a 23-year-old previously healthy man who had drowned. After prolonged submersion, hypothermia, severe hypernatraemia, a prolonged time to return of spontaneous circulation was possible using a combination of extracorporal life support and early continuous veno-venous haemofiltration. This combination of clinical circumstances is rarely associated with positive outcomes, but this case demonstrates the utility of extracorporeal life support and haemofiltration in patients drowned in saltwater.

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