Apparent death with accidental hypothermia. A case report

Disorders of Temperature Control: Hypothermia, Part III

Hypothermia, defined as a body core temperature below 35°C, results from exposure to cold, drugs, metabolic dysfunction, or nervous system or skin disorders. The diagnosis and clinical assessment of patients with hypothermia should be based on a thorough knowledge of the characteristic physiologic changes that accompany hypothermia and affect all organ systems. Morbidity and mortality resulting from hypothermia may be reduced when physicians anticipate the well-known complications of hypothermia and carefully rewarm the patient. The rate and method of rewarming must be individualized, taking into account available resources and the patient's cardiopulmonary status and underlying disease.

Dying and death, with special reference to brain death. A bibliography

A bibliography of dying and death has been made, with special reference to the brain. It does not claim to be comprehensive. Short references have been omitted unless they contained new information not published elsewhere. When books or papers have been written in other languages, their titles have been translated, and their original languages indicated. It has not always been possible to find the complete page references to these.

Accidental hypothermia: report of a case following alcohol and barbiturate overdose

A case of accidental hypothermia due to overdose of alcohol and barbiturates combined with exposure to cold is described and management is discussed.