Abnormally low BODY TEMPERATURE that is intentionally induced in warm-blooded animals by artificial means. In humans, mild or moderate hypothermia has been used to reduce tissue damages, particularly after cardiac or spinal cord injuries and during subsequent surgeries.
    

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Hypothermia for the neurosurgical patient / by Antonio Boba.

Clinical hypothermia / Emil Blair ; ill. by Thomas Stevenson, Jr., and George Henning.

Contributions to practical medicine and surgery / by James Arnott.

Hypothermia in surgical practice / by K.E. Cooper and D.N. Ross.

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Hypothermia, Induced

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Hypothermia for the neurosurgical patient / by Antonio Boba.

Clinical hypothermia / Emil Blair ; ill. by Thomas Stevenson, Jr., and George Henning.

Contributions to practical medicine and surgery / by James Arnott.

Hypothermia in surgical practice / by K.E. Cooper and D.N. Ross.

Contributions to practical medicine and surgery / by James Arnott.