Therapeutic management of severe hypothermia with veno-arterial ECMO: where do we stand? Case report and review of the current literature

Table 1 Swiss clinical staging of hypothermia [1]

Stage	Clinical symptoms	Typical core temperature (°C)
Hypothermia I	Conscious, shivering	35–32 °C
Hypothermia II	Impaired consciousness, no shivering	32–28 °C
Hypothermia III	Unconscious, no shivering, vitals signs present	28–24 °C
Hypothermia IV	No or minimal vital signs	< 24 °C

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