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(a) Time course of oesophageal temperature (blue line) and heart rate (red line) over the first 24 hours of treatment. (b) Conscious male patient with 23 C central body temperature on admission at the beginning of rewarming procedure with a surface cooling device. (c) Electrocardiogram 1 hour after hospital admission (body temperature at this time approx. 26 celsius) showing sinus bradycardia with 36 beats per minute (RR interval 1650 ms).
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He was spontaneously breathing, oxygen saturation was 99% without additional oxygen, ECG showed sinus bradycardia with 30 bpm and blood pressure of 100/50 mmHg (Figure 1).