Sentences with phrase «hypothermia occurs»

«Hypothermia occurs most commonly when dogs are walking on thin ice and fall into cold water,» says Dr. Landorf.

Some degree of hypothermia occurs naturally during general anesthesia because the metabolic rate drops and the body cools.

Hypothermia occurs when kittens get separated from one another and the mother in a chilly environment.

Hypothermia occurs when our body loses heat faster than we can produce it.

Not exact matches

One is to allow the patient time for possible recovery to come about, and the other is the use of induced hypothermia to reduce the brain's use of oxygen, thus giving doctors more time to treat the patient before further damage occurs due to any lack of oxygen.

That the diving reflex only occurs in cold water seems to play a part in survival rates and several sources suggest hypothermia could actually be what allows the body to survive without oxygen.

Favourable outcomes, ranging from moderate disability to good recovery, occurred in only a quarter of the patients in the hypothermia group compared with more than a third of patients in the control group.

When it occurs in runts, it is almost always together with hypothermia.

Prolonged exposure to dangerously cold temperatures can put pets in danger of frostbite and hypothermia, which occurs when the body is no longer able to sustain normal temperature.

Watch for shivering, which may indicate hypothermia, and also be aware of frostbite, which occurs when skin reaches a temperature of 23 degrees F for a period of time.

Hypothermia is a life - threatening condition that can result from extended exposure to cold while frostbite is a temperature related tissue injury that most commonly occurs on ears, tails, scrotum or feet.