Therapeutic hypothermia

Therapeutic hypothermia, also known as protective hypothermia, is a medical treatment that lowers a patient's body temperature in order to help reduce the risk of ischemic injury to tissue following a period of insufficient blood flow. Periods of insufficient blood flow may be due to cardiac arrest or the occlusion of an artery by an embolism, as occurs in the case of strokes. Therapeutic hypothermia may be induced by invasive means, in which a catheter is placed in the inferior vena cava via the femoral vein, or by non-invasive means, usually involving a chilled water blanket or torso vest and leg wraps in direct contact with the patient's skin. Its use for cardiac arrest was called into question in November 2013 with findings that a temperature of 36 °C (97 °F)

results in the same outcomes as 

See also

• Neuroprotection
• Pumpable ice technology

External links

• Hypothermia Resources from The Center for Resuscitation Science at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• The American Society of Hypothermic Medicine
• Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management
• SCCM:Therapeutic Hypothermia Course Online

Therapeutic hypothermia Resources
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