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    Case report in peer review journal (Resuscitation) on major skin problem in a patient treated with the Artic Sun gel pad system for patient cooling and warming. The patient’s skin started to peel off on subsequently attempting to remove the hydrogel pads. The patient had no preexisting skin problems that made her prone to this problem and had not been taking steroids.

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    Case report in peer review journal (Resuscitation) on major skin problem in a patient treated with the Artic Sun gel pad system for patient cooling and warming. The patient’s skin started to peel off on subsequently attempting to remove the hydrogel pads. The patient had no preexisting skin problems that made her prone to this problem and had not been taking steroids.

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    Skin Issue in Patient Treated With Arctic Sun Pads During Therapeutic Hypothermia

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    Resuscitation (2008) 78, 248—249

    available at www.sciencedirect.com

    journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resuscitation

    IMAGES IN RESUSCITATION

    Unusual side effect from hydrogel pads during


    therapeutic hypothermia
    Joseph Varon a,b,∗, Pilar Acosta c, Ruth Wintz d, Natalia Mendoza e

    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.

    An 81-year-old female had a cardiac arrest during her rou-


    cal history included chronic hypertension, coronary artery
    tine outpatient haemodialysis treatment. She had return
    disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, conges-
    of spontaneous circulation after 15 min of cardiopulmonary
    tive heart failure and end stage renal disease. Therapeutic
    resuscitation but was comatose. The patient’s past medi-
    hypothermia was started after hospital admission with
    hydrogel pads (Arctic Zone, Medivance Inc. Louisville, CO,
    ∗ Corresponding author at: The University of Texas Health Science USA). Target core body temperature (33 ◦ C) was achieved
    Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, 2219 Dorrington, Houston, TX within 3 h and maintained for 24 h. Passive re-warming
    77030, USA. Tel.: +1 713 669 1670; fax: +1 713 669 1671. was attempted, but proved unsuccessful. The patient’s skin
    E-mail address: Joseph.Varon@uth.tmc.edu (J. Varon). started to peel off on subsequently attempting to remove

    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.

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