"Therapeutic hypothermia" refers to deliberately cooling a person's body temperature to help protect their organs and reduce potential damage after a medical event, such as a heart attack or cardiac arrest. It is a medical technique used by doctors to improve a patient's chances of survival and recovery.
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- In Cooper's case, his lungs were seriously damaged when doctors induced a coma and put him into therapeutic hypothermia after the treadmill incident to minimize damage to his organs. (businessinsider.com)
- «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.» (sciencedaily.com)
- «These observational findings warrant a randomized clinical trial to assess efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia for in - hospital cardiac arrest.» (sciencedaily.com)
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