Sentences with word «hypothermia»

Too big for parents to sit over protectively, but still too young to have grown waterproof feathers, downy penguin chicks exposed to drenching rain can struggle and die of hypothermia in spite of the best efforts of their concerned parents.

Medicine knows a human will die from hypothermia from being in even mild weather.

Initial signs of hypothermia in humans include the «umbles»: uncontrollable shivering accompanied by mumbling, stumbling and fumbling.

«These observational findings warrant a randomized clinical trial to assess efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia for in - hospital cardiac arrest.»

Not all of the above symptoms may be present and there may be other complications, such as hypothermia due to dehydration.

Dogs at a greater risk for hypothermia include those that are small, very young or old, thin coated, have low body fat, health issues (such as heart disease or diabetes), or those that become wet while exposed to the cold, says Melanie Monteiro.

Ryan's research focuses on algal blooms, the rapid and dense growths of plankton that can starve marine organisms of oxygen and cause hypothermia in seabirds.

Effect of Prehospital Induction of Mild Hypothermia on Survival and Neurological Status Among Adults With Cardiac Arrest A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Fong, a physician and astrophysicist who trained in part at NASA, weaves firsthand, nail - biting ER experiences with gripping historical narrative as he recounts 100 years of breakthroughs, such as inducing hypothermia as life - saving therapy and pioneering facial reconstruction for burn victims.

Intravenous administration of levothyroxine for treatment of suspected myxedema coma complicated by severe hypothermia in a dog.

Russian Dwarfs can easily get hypothermia after being exposed to water around their body.

And you can help to avoid hypothermia with some safety measures, like wearing appropriate clothing, avoiding overexertion in cold conditions, and letting people know what time you expect to arrive.

During anesthesia the doctors and technicians carefully prevent hypothermia with circulating warm water pads and Bair Hugger Warmers (warm air blankets) enveloping each patient.

It needs groomed frequently and risks hypothermia when wet.

Save yourself from hypothermia by stocking your closet with these must - have winter fashion pieces:

When follow - up was extended to 1 year, there remained no survival advantage with therapeutic hypothermia treatment.

Unfortunately things like hypothermia research intended to help Luftwaffe pilots downed at sea turned out to be useful to the Canadians.

In mice, but not humans, the trials were spaced to avoid the effects of hypothermia on performance.

The signs of hypothermia include depression, subnormal body temperature, and coma.

Many survivors of US Airways flight 1549 suffered from hypothermia after the passenger jet crash - landed in the Hudson River.

Still, they can get frostbite and hypothermia just like we do.

After that, the day — or rather night — slowed to a more pedestrian pace — literally — as I almost caught hypothermia walking back to the hotel.

Jane Quandt, DVM, DACVAA, DACVECC University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine Keeping any anesthetized animal from hypothermia before, during, and after surgery is a delicate balance of monitoring during treatment and avoiding potential complications when the animal is recovering.

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

All newborns are at risk for hypothermia during the first 12 hours of life, according to a 2007 article published in «Infant.»

Understanding that a government - issue parka and snow pants were the only things between me and hypothermia while watching shadows resting on the contours of the snow, I felt as if I were walking on the moon.

However, no dog is immune to discomfort or even hypothermia when exposed to extremely cold water.

«We have carried out a comprehensive case analyses in this study and have extended what we know from cardiovascular surgery to severe accidental hypothermia.

As severe hypothermia sets in, these organs may be the only ones left functioning.

In her book about the ordeal, The Sinking: One Woman's True Story of Survival at Sea, Kiley recounts how, worried about hypothermia, she pulled seaweed from the ocean to warm their bodies at least a little.

According to the Legal Clinic's 2013 report, DC officials have failed to call hypothermia conditions in a timely fashion after freezing forecasts, denied pregnant women and single fathers shelter placement, and threatened to expel families for unauthorized reasons.

Patients who do not have their temperatures maintained during surgery are at significant risk of developing hypothermia.

In addition to frostbite, pets can suffer from hypothermia if extremely cold, even if he or she has a thick coat.

These findings would be especially valuable in those developing countries, where the incidence of neonatal hypothermia has been reported to be high and associated with an increased morbidity and mortality rates.

Mild hypothermia starts only after about 30 minutes of cold water immersion.

Most likely I will end it with a hike in the mountains induce hypothermia take some pills and die.

Extreme heat — another component of climate change expected to worsen throughout the century — also challenged chicks» temperature - regulation systems and resulted in deaths, though not as many as hypothermia did, the team reports.

So, why is hypothermia so dangerous?

Know the signs of infant hypothermia.

I am not trying to be an expert, however, with an array of virtually unheard of medical problems (including malignant hypothermia, and erythropoetic protoporphyria) I do not take injecting things into my body lightly, as my entire organ structure is a little differently.

Under this induced deep hypothermia, surgeons are able to briefly stop the heart while performing procedures on the heart or large vessels close to the heart without increasing the risk of permanent brain damage.

It is true that when you go to sleep and wake up the next morning or go under anesthesia for surgery and come back hours later, your memories return, as they do even after so - called profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest.

«Our study found no evidence that there was improved survival or better functional outcome with therapeutic hypothermia compared to actively maintaining a normal temperature in infants and children experiencing cardiac arrest in a hospital.»

This included a significant loss of sedation within 20 minutes, and a loss of the associated hypothermia within 40 minutes.

The process, which was done by way of a rat triad, which included a donor, recipient, and blood supply rat, provided a continuous blood supply to the donor brain throughout the transplant, avoiding brain tissue hypothermia — a condition where the brain suffers in absence of a blood supply.

Scalp hypothermia Depending on the type of chemo you're receiving, wearing a frozen gel cap or ice pack during treatment may help reduce hair loss.

He has to brave a freezing river (without hypothermia), ride a horse off a cliff only to conveniently land in a nice, soft tree and other unlikely events.