Induced Hypothermia Does Not Harm Hemodynamics after Polytrauma: A Porcine Model

• Main Authors: Matthias Weuster (Author), Philipp Mommsen (Author), Roman Pfeifer (Author), Juliane Mohr (Author), Steffen Ruchholtz (Author), Sascha Flohé (Author), Matthias Fröhlich (Author), Claudia Keibl (Author), Andreas Seekamp (Author), Martijn van Griensven (Author), Ingo Witte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. The deterioration of hemodynamics instantly endangers the patients' life after polytrauma. As accidental hypothermia frequently occurs in polytrauma, therapeutic hypothermia still displays an ambivalent role as the impact on the cardiopulmonary function is not yet fully understood....