Beruflich Dokumente
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IMAGES IN RESUSCITATION
a
The University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, USA
b
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA
c
Dorrington Medical Associates, Houston, Texas, USA
d
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
e
Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
Received 11 March 2008; received in revised form 18 March 2008; accepted 20 March 2008
Fig. 1 Right lower extremity demonstrating the hydrogel pads Fig. 2 Large pieces of skin were still attached to the hydrogel
removed with significant skin debridement. pads.
0300-9572/$ — see front matter © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.03.223
Unusual side effect from hydrogel pads during therapeutic hypothermia 249
the hydrogel pads (Figs. 1 and 2). The patient had no pre- edge, this skin problem from the use of hydrogel pads is very
existing skin problems that made her prone to this problem unusual.
and had not been taking steroids. The patient’s elec-
troencephalogram after therapeutic hypothermia showed no
Conflict of interest
occipital dominant rhythm and her neurological prognosis
was deemed to be very poor. Life-sustaining measures were
discontinued and the patient died. To the best of our knowl- None.