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ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2025

CPR-induced consciousness in hypothermic cardiac arrest: Where is the limit of tolerance of the human brain? A case report.

Łukasz Migiel, Tomasz Darocha, Hubert Hymczak, Paweł Podsiadło, Konrad Mendrala, Sylweriusz Kosiński

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Article in Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Łukasz MigielTatra Mountain Rescue Service, Zakopane, Poland.
Tomasz DarochaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Hubert HymczakDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland.
Paweł PodsiadłoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
Konrad MendralaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Sylweriusz KosińskiMountain Medicine Laboratory, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Zakopane, Poland. sylweriusz.kosinski@uj.edu.pl.

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Abstract

backgroundCPR-induced consciousness (CPRIC) is defined as consciousness during CPR, ranging from eye opening to combative behaviour and vocalisation, despite the absence of spontaneous circulation. CPRIC has not previously been reported in hypothermic cardiac arrest. PATIENT PRESENTATION: A middle-aged man who was pulled from cold water appeared conscious during CPR, despite confirmed cardiac arrest and severe accidental hypothermia. An additional factor that could have influenced the victim’s behaviour was severe hypoglycaemia. The patient was rewarmed with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) and discharged from the hospital without any neurological deficits.

conclusionsIn hypothermic cardiac arrest, the paradoxical preservation of consciousness may be a consequence of adequate cerebral perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the neuroprotective effect of hypothermia, despite other risk factors for brain injury.

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Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationConsciousnessHeart ArrestHypothermiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedCardiac arrest, suddenConsciousnessHypothermia, accidentalResuscitation

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PMCPMC12210535

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