News tagged with therapeutic hypothermia
Cooling therapy for cardiac arrest survivors is as cost-effective as accepted treatments
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Cooling unconscious cardiac arrest survivors can increase survival and has a cost effectiveness comparable to other widely accepted treatments in modern health care, researchers report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality an ...
Can lowering body temperature prevent brain damage in children who suffer cardiac arrest?
Jun 11, 2009 |
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In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the University of Utah will lead a multi-center study to investigate whether hypothermia-lowering body ...
Therapeutic hypothermia is promising strategy to minimize tissue damage
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Recognition of the benefits of cooling strategies to protect the brain and spinal cord after traumatic injury has led to a wealth of cutting edge research, prime examples of which are featured in a special hypothermia issue ...
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Brain injured athletes may benefit from hypothermia research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2009 |
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NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. ...
Therapy Preventing Brain Damage in Cardiac Arrest Patients
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Therapeutic cooling, a technique used at University Medical Center, is helping to prevent brain damage in cardiac arrest patients.
Lowering body temperature could aid standard stroke treatment
May 17, 2007 |
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University of Cincinnati scientists have developed a model that could help physicians combine current clot-busting medication with below-normal body temperatures (hypothermia) to improve the treatment of ischemic stroke patients.
Treatment lowers temp, saves patients in cardiac arrest
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital incidents of sudden cardiac arrest occur among U.S. residents each year. For every minute care is delayed, survival is decreased.
Post-cardiac arrest care key to survival
Oct 23, 2008 |
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The urgent need for treatment doesn't end when a person regains a pulse after suffering sudden cardiac arrest — healthcare providers need to move quickly into post-cardiac arrest care to keep a person alive and ensure the ...
Coronary angiography may improve outcomes for cardiac arrest patients
Mar 31, 2009 |
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People who suffer cardiac arrests and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the procedure, according to a study by University ...
Cooling treatments can reduce brain damage caused by birth asphyxia
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth could be avoided for over 100 babies a year in the UK if infants are given cooling treatment within the first six hours of life, according to ...
Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years
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The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.
Chances of surviving cardiac arrest depend on where patients are treated
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Efforts to fight the toll of cardiac arrest have typically focused on pre-hospital factors -- bystander CPR education and improvement, public defibrillation programs, and quicker EMS response. But new research from the University ...
Researchers define new painkilling chemical pathway
Nov 23, 2008 |
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Marijuana kills pain by activating a set of proteins known as cannabinoid receptors, which can also regulate appetite, inflammation, and memory. The body also has chemicals known as endocannabinoids that naturally activate ...
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