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Journal of Case Reports
Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia with Reduced Basal Temperature in a Patient of Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Following Surgery for Cervical Spine Injury
Hitesh Dawar, Harvinder S Chhabra
Department of Orthopedics, Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Hitesh Dawar
Email: hiteshdawar@gmail.com
Received: 11-JUN-2016 Accepted: 23-AUG-2016 Published Online: 20-OCT-2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2016.0120
Abstract
A 45 years male presented with C5-C6 flexion-distraction injury with quadriplegia (ASIA-A), and after reduction, was operated for anterior stabilization and fusion. Twenty two hours after uneventful surgery, patient sustained hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy in an episode of seizure. Following this, he had multiple episodes of hypothermia (92°F) with bradycardia and desaturation, responding well to rewarming measures. Episodes were infrequent initially, subsequently became frequent, with basal readjustment of core temperature to 94°F, following which bradycardia and desaturation settled. Such instance of basal readjustment of core temperature in a cervical injured patient with ischemic brain injury has never been reported.
Keywords : Brain Injuries, Hypothermia, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Quadriplegia, Rewarming, Temperature.
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