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Abstract
- 1.1. Twenty-seven cases in which induced surface hypothermia was used as adjuvant to surgical therapy are reviewed. No deaths ascribable to the hypothermia itself were noted. A safe technique for inducing surface hypothermia with equipment readily available in most hospitals is described.
- 2.2. The indications for induced surface hypothermia in general surgical procedures are described. Case reports are given to illustrate these indications.
- 3.3. The possible complications of induced surface hypothermia are described. They occurred very infrequently in this series. The methods we employed to avoid them are given. Only 2 deaths occurred in the immediate postoperative period. Both resulted from disease present at the time of admission and were not related to hypothermia.
- 4.4. Efforts in the laboratory to develop a safe, readily available method for inducing hypothermia in emergencies by means of cooling the patient's blood with stainless steel coils are described.
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Received:
September 8,
1961
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© 1962 Published by Elsevier Inc.
