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To the Editor: Danzl and Pozos discuss active core rewarming for accidental hypothermia (Dec. 29 issue).¹ We are located in an alpine region and frequently encounter profound hypothermia caused by submersion in cold water,² snow-avalanche accidents, or prolonged exposure to the cold.

All our patients with asystole or ventricular fibrillation from severe hypothermia receive the same treatment: standard femorofemoral cardiopulmonary bypass, which provides continuous rewarming after rapid introduction of cannulas into the femoral artery and vein (by percutaneous insertion or an open surgical technique). A long venous cannula is inserted and gently advanced through the inferior vena cava to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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