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Flow sheet of the patient's core body temperature during the first hospital day shows hypothermia for nearly 18 hours. Methylprednisolone 1,000 mg intravenous infusion was initiated at 6:00 AM.
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Despite active external rewarming using heat lamp and heating blankets, her body temperature maintained less than 35 C for nearly 18 hours (Figure 1).
On the second hospital day, atrial fibrillation was detected.
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Electrocardiogram that was initially normal showed atrial fibrillation on the second hospital day (figure 2) without Osborne wave, which was subsequently normalized from the next day.