Neuroscience
Brain cooling lessens chances of head injury recovery, study finds
Head injury patients do not benefit from a therapy that involves cooling their bodies to reduce brain swelling, research has found.
Oct 7, 2015
0
25
Hypothermia
Cardiology
New study data show reduced intracranial pressure
Results from a European clinical trial comparing therapeutic hypothermia to standard treatment for patients with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) as a result of severe traumatic brain injury demonstrate a significant ...
Jul 28, 2015
0
5
Cardiology
Less extensive damage to heart muscle/therapeutic hypothermia following acute myocardial infarction
After an acute myocardial infarction, patients treated with rapid lowering of body temperature by combined cold saline infusion and endovascular cooling had less heart muscle damage and reduced incidence of heart failure. ...
Jun 9, 2015
0
11
Surgery
Study shows hypothermia occurs during surgery in around half of patients
A study presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Berlin (30 May-2 June) shows that hypothermia occurs in around half of patients undergoing surgery, despite national guidelines for its prevention. The study is ...
May 29, 2015
0
7
Cardiology
Two treatments yield similar results for children after cardiac arrest
A large-scale, multicenter study has shown that emergency body cooling does not improve survival rates or reduce brain injury in infants and children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest more than normal temperature control.
Apr 25, 2015
0
32
Health
More Americans dying from hypothermia, CDC says
(HealthDay)—More people are dying from hypothermia in the United States, a new government report shows, raising fresh worries for a nation that has been pounded by a steady succession of winter storms this year.
Feb 19, 2015
0
3
Health
Children, people with respiratory problems especially vulnerable to bitter wind chill
The arctic cold snap affecting the Midwest and the Northeast this weekend should not be taken lightly, says David Holmes, MD, clinical associate professor of family medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine ...
Feb 16, 2015
0
13
Cardiology
Drowned children do not benefit from resuscitation beyond 30 minutes
Children who drown and suffer from cardiac arrest with hypothermia are significantly more likely to die or suffer severe brain damage if resuscitation continues for more than 30 minutes, finds a study published in The BMJ.
Feb 10, 2015
0
15
Surgery
Patients actively warmed during surgery still experience hypothermia, study finds
Body temperature decreases during the first hour of surgery, even when patients are actively warmed with forced air, reports a new study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the ...
Jan 20, 2015
0
4
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New, faster therapeutic hypothermia techniques
Rapid lowering of body temperature following an acute myocardial infarction (MI) can be an effective therapeutic strategy to minimize damage to the heart muscle caused by the loss and restoration of blood flow to the heart. ...
Oct 23, 2014
0
0
