TREATMENT OF ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA WITH PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS - REPORTOF ONE CASE

Accidental hypothermia, a condition seldomly seen in Chile, is defined as a spontaneous core temperature reduction to less than 35-degrees-C and is associated with great morbidity and mortality. We report a 16 years old female intoxicated with liquefied petroleum gas that was adm itted in coma, hypothermic, with severe hemodynamic derangement, lacti c acidosis, rhabdomyolysis and iliofemoral phlebothrombosis. Peritonea l dialysis with solutions at 27-degrees-C was used as a quick and safe means to revert hypothermia and avoid its complications.