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Hypothermia Summary

Description: Lower than normal body temperature, especially in warm-blooded animals.

Also Known As: Hypothermia, Accidental; Accidental Hypothermia; Accidental Hypothermias; Hypothermias; Hypothermias, Accidental

Networked: 10577 relevant articles (525 outcomes, 1018 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Hypothermia

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Oxygen : 19 outcomes 45 studies in 464 results : IBA
  2. Potassium : 13 outcomes 15 studies in 150 results : IBA
  3. Glucose (Dextrose) : 10 outcomes 15 studies in 160 results : FDA 175 Generic
  4. Ice : 8 outcomes 8 studies in 151 results : IBA
  5. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) : 8 outcomes 8 studies in 116 results : IBA
  6. Pentobarbital (Nembutal) : 8 outcomes 5 studies in 104 results : FDA 25
  7. Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) : 7 outcomes 23 studies in 242 results : IBA
  8. Glutamic Acid (Glutamate) : 7 outcomes 23 studies in 104 results : FDA 7
  9. Calcium : 7 outcomes 11 studies in 132 results : IBA
  10. Cardioplegic Solutions : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 76 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Hypothermia

  1. Ischemia
  2. Heart Arrest (Cardiac Arrest)
  3. Brain Injuries (Brain Injury)
  4. Reperfusion Injury
  5. Anoxia (Hypoxia)
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Key Therapies for Hypothermia

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  1. Resuscitation : 42 outcomes 55 studies in 499 results
  2. Rewarming : 38 outcomes 89 studies in 730 results
  3. Induced Heart Arrest (Cardioplegia) : 26 outcomes 24 studies in 365 results
  4. Cardiopulmonary Bypass (Heart-Lung Bypass) : 25 outcomes 54 studies in 868 results
  5. Induced Hypothermia : 11 outcomes 20 studies in 177 results
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