<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Drowning in freshwater kills many people around the world. Complications are multiple and sometimes impossible to treat. Fluid and electrolyte resuscitation is difficult because of all the physiological, biophysical and biochemical changes that decrease the rate of survival. Extreme lung injury and cardiovascular disorders are responsible for tissue hypoxia, increased production of inflammation markers, biosynthesis of reactive oxygen species and finally, multiple organ damage. Hypothermia, frequently associated with drowning, provides multiple benefits to this type of patients. Various studies have developed the idea that hypothermia protects the brain from biochemical mediators, thereby preventing neuronal cell destruction. In this case report we present the biological parameters and evolution of a patient drowned in freshwater, and also the benefits of hypothermia to the clinical picture.</p></abstract>

Drowning in freshwater kills many people around the world. Complications are multiple and sometimes impossible to treat. Fluid and electrolyte resuscitation is difficult because of all the physiological, biophysical and biochemical changes that decrease the rate of survival. Extreme lung injury and cardiovascular disorders are responsible for tissue hypoxia, increased production of inflammation markers, biosynthesis of reactive oxygen species and finally, multiple organ damage. Hypothermia, frequently associated with drowning, provides multiple benefits to this type of patients. Various studies have developed the idea that hypothermia protects the brain from biochemical mediators, thereby preventing neuronal cell destruction. In this case report we present the biological parameters and evolution of a patient drowned in freshwater, and also the benefits of hypothermia to the clinical picture.

Influence of Hypothermia on the Clinical and Molecular Status of a Freshwater Drowning Victim with Severe Trauma. A Case Report

Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, County Emergency Hospital, Timișoara,

Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara,

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Drowning in freshwater kills many people around the world. Complications are multiple and sometimes impossible to treat. Fluid and electrolyte resuscitation is...

Influence of Hypothermia on the Clinical and Molecular Status of a Freshwater Drowning Victim with Severe Trauma. A Case Report

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 186 - 188

Received: Jul 10, 2016

Accepted: Jul 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0029

Keywords
drowning, inflammation, hypothermia, hypoxia, critical care unit

© 2016 Ovidiu Horea Bedreag et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Hypothermia on the Clinical and Molecular Status of a Freshwater Drowning Victim with Severe Trauma. A Case Report

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 186 - 188

Received: Jul 10, 2016

Accepted: Jul 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0029

Keywordsdrowning, inflammation, hypothermia, hypoxia, critical care unit

© 2016 Ovidiu Horea Bedreag et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
drowning, inflammation, hypothermia, hypoxia, critical care unit