Sentences with word «hypothermic»

Mild cases may be managed at home; more significantly affected pets may benefit from IV fluids, antiemetics and good nursing care (such as warming in hypothermic patients).

Ferrets can easily become hypothermic due to the anesthesia and the fact that their abdomen will be open during the procedure.

A new study has shown that in the specific case of severely hypothermic victims with a core body temperature below 28 °C, resuscitation can be delayed and periodically interrupted for short intervals during transportation in the mountains without jeopardising survival.

«In races that have variable temperature, when an athlete fatigues to the point of not being able to run, I've seen people go hypothermic in 80 degrees.»

Based on the results, we propose a structured protocol that will enable rescuers and emergency doctors to interrupt CPR for defined periods of time in severely hypothermic patients so that patients can be moved,» explained Dr Les Gordon.

Coincidentally, though they took different routes back from devastating physical afflictions (Weathers from hypothermic coma, Armstrong from cancer), they ended up in the same place, snug in the arms of their loved ones.

Cold stunning occurs when autumn cold fronts move through and chill coastal water temperatures more quickly than usual, causing cold - blooded sea turtles to go into hypothermic shock.

Temperatures tended to be higher in hypothermic cats and lower in cats with fevers or who had normal temperatures when measured rectally.

«Internalizing problems» were associated with a greater number of heart operations, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, a short gestational age, low systemic oxygen saturation, and older age at surgical repair.

Higher CBCL total problem scores at follow - up were associated with a greater number of heart oper - ations and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (< 22 °).

The elevation in thermoregulatory set - point means that the previous «normal body temperature» is considered hypothermic, and effector mechanisms kick in.

In practice, this means that if severely hypothermic cardiac arrest patients with body temperature below 28 °C need to be evacuated from difficult terrain and continuous resuscitation is not possible, it is justified to alternate five minutes of CPR with five minutes of transportation and continue this pattern until continuous resuscitation can be started.

In recent years, however, there have been some case reports in the Alps of severely hypothermic accident victims in cardiac arrest who have survived without any permanent damage despite several interruptions of chest compressions.

«It's freezing cold, and you're usually hiking up some steep, snowbound slope, post-holing your way to the top, to some high observation point, getting all hot and sweaty and then standing still for hours and cooling back down to the point where you're nearly hypothermic.»

Winston also served on the team that flew the first human heart for transplantation using continuous hypothermic perfusion.

Practice XPT's unique hypothermic training system by turning up the furnace internally with heat application followed by cold water / ice immersion, restricting blood vessels and capillaries in your extremities, which improve your cardiovascular, endocrine, and muscular system regulation.

In a recent episode of Grey's Anatomy titled «Cold As Ice» (the penultimate episode of the show's 14th season and its 316th episode overall) one of the doctors arrives in the ER hypothermic and seemingly dead.

Hypothermic dogs quickly use up stored energy and can develop low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

The nine - month - old Lab / Shepherd mix was emaciated, infested with parasites, and borderline hypothermic.

Her fur was singed, she was hungry and dehydrated and, most troubling, extremely hypothermic.

Recipient of the ARC Heroism award, Mirko Medallion and Anvil TRUE award, ««Dugan»» found a missing 22 year old woman in a wooded area hypothermic but alive.

Hypothermia seems to enhance CHV infection in newborn puppies (insufficient immune response in hypothermic puppies).

«Marconi arrived at the shelter hypothermic and dehydrated,» said Dr. Erin Doyle, ARL's Lead Veterinarian for Shelter Veterinary Services.

If the patient becomes colder than 98 degrees F, additional warming measures can be taken to prevent your dog or cat from becoming hypothermic.

In a type of hypothermic coma, boy, it turns out, is the child of Marla, a type of deadbeat mother who has scammed her way into letting her own mother Crystal (Margo Martindale) take most of the responsibility of the child.

The mean NIRT measurements ranged from 0.7 — 1.3 °C below the mean rectal measurements, but the effect was not consistent; NIRT measurements tended to exceed rectal measurements in hypothermic cats and fall below rectal measurements in normothermic and hyperthermic cats.

The authors did a literature review that has led to the conclusion that short interruptions of CPR for the purposes of transportation can be made during resuscitation with severely hypothermic patients.

Of course, this is not the only reason why dogs can go hypothermic.

They are also hypometabolic and hypothermic.

To some eyes it was merely a hypothermic romance schmaltzily clomped together by an action auteur known for making Arnold Schwarzenegger famous in The Terminator.

Weir's emphasis on the hypothermic rigors of the trek, the starvation, the dehydration, is, at least for a while, welcome in a genre that often skimps on the real stuff.

On the remote Isle of Harris in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a man washes up on a deserted beach, hypothermic and completely disoriented.

As rabbits can quickly become hypothermic, it is essential that you dry your bunny's wet fur immediately after coming into contact with water.

When she finally tires of the wheel, her babies may already be too dehydrated or hypothermic to be saved.

Some dogs with parvo will run a fever, but many times, due to the severity of the virus, dogs will be hypothermic (have a low body temperature).

They can fall through partially frozen ponds, lakes or streams and drown or become hypothermic.

Dogs left in cars with the windows up and the engine off in cold weather rapidly become hypothermic.

In fact, adult cat adoptions increased, and although 80 percent of kittens are underweight for their age, and many are dehydrated, hypothermic, or both upon admission, the nursery has an 89 percent live - release rate overall — and it's 100 percent for kittens who are healthy and treatable.

An indoor litter tray is advisable in wet or cold weather even if he normally goes outdoors for his toilet since cold and wet weather can make him hypothermic.

The cat was hypothermic, dehydrated, weak, and had nasal discharge and blue - tinged mucous membranes.

A hypothermic hamster should be slowly warmed back to normal body temperature, such as being cupped in warm hands or wrapped in warm towels right from the dryer that are hot but not too warm to hold.

On those bleak days where the rain is pouring and the wind is up, be thankful your dog is fine with a walk around the block and pity the person with the typical Toller who is soaked through and hypothermic in comparison.

This means that if they do become unwell, they can become dehydrated (and hypothermic) very rapidly.

Without external heat, it doesn't take long for a puppy to become chilled (hypothermic).