J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
2006 Mar;39(3):228-230.
Severe Hypothermia Accompanying Acute Subdural Hemorrhage
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. chosunns@hanmail.net
Abstract
- Hypothermia is relatively a common condition and most cases involve mild hypothermia. But severe hypothermia below 30 degrees C is medical an emergency condition. We report the case of a 41-year-old man who had been left in a manhole for more than 9 hours on a freezing cold water. He was transported to our emergency room in semicomatose state with a body temperature 26.5 degrees C The patient was warmed with active rewarming. After initial stabilization, the patient was taken for a brain computed tomography and found to have large fronto-temporo-parietal(FTP) subdural hemorrhage. The patient underwent an emergent decompressive craniectomy and hematoma evacuation. After surgery, he recovered to drowsy mentation and vital signs were stable.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Spontaneously Rapid Resolution of Acute Subdural Hemorrhage with Severe Midline Shift
- Spontaneous Spinal Subdural and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage with Concomitant Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Case Report
- "Contralateral" Acute Subdural and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Occurring Simultaneously after Evacuation of Huge Chronic Subdural Hematoma
- Clinical Analysis of Interhemispheric Subdural Hemorrhage and Tentorial Hemorrhage
- Pure Acute Subdural Hematoma without Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Secondary to Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Rupture: A Case Report
