RT Journal
A1 Margolis J
T1 HYpothermia, a grave prognostic sign in hepatic coma
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD January 1
VO 139
IS 1
SP 103
OP 104
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630380081027
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630380081027
AB Hypothermia is a grave prognostic finding in hepatic coma. Occasionally, it is found in patients whose conditions are stabilized clinically or are improving. When hypothermia occurs, the patients usually die within 24 to 48 hours.All of the patients described herein who eventually improved sufficiently to be discharged from the hospital achieved normal temperatures.(Arch Intern Med 139:103-104, 1979)