Targeted Temperature Management of Severe Lactic Acidosis in a Patient with MELAS Syndrome after Cardiac Arrest

• DOI: 10.17340/jkna.2021.3.12
• Publication Date: 2021-08-02T01:15:55Z
• Authors: Hyun Ji Kim; Byeongcheon Lee; Seong Kyu Yang; So Yeon Yun; Museong Kim; Dana Oh; Jihoon Kang; Chang-Ho Yun; Moon-Ku Han; Han-Gil Jeong
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is known as a maternally inherited mitochondrial disease with a m.3243A>G mutation in the MT-TL1 gene. Here, we report a case of targeted temperature management in a MELAS patient who had a cardiac arrest and severe lactic acidosis after recurrent seizures.