Hypothermia in acutely presenting burn injuries to a regional burn service: the incidence and impact on outcome - Lukusa MR, Allorto NL, Wall SL.
This study looks at the incidence of hypothermia among burn patients presenting acutely to the Pietermaritzburg Burn Service and its impact on p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
How Do You Treat Immersion Foot Injury?
Discussion
All occupations have some type of potential health consequences. Some are obvious because of the environment such as kitchen workers, first responders, helicopter pilots, etc. Others are may be less obvious or not considered such as slip and falls, cleaning supply chemical exposure, animal bites for postal and utility workers, etc. Noise and lifting objects are often overlooked problems in some settings but obvious in others such as construction. Protective measures, especially appropriate education and training and protective clothing and safety gear are obviously important for performing the work as safely as ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 26, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Plastic drapes reduce hypothermia in premature babies
(University of Houston) A University of Houston College of Nursing researcher is reporting that use of a plastic drape during catheter insertion in very low birth-weight newborn babies can lower the rates of hypothermia, and she is recommending replacing cloth blanket and towels with them. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Efficacy of an infrared radiator for hypothermia prevention in a simulated setup of entrapped vehicle accident victims - Stroop R, Schoene C, Grau T.
BACKGROUND: Prolonged extrication of entrapped patients after road traffic accidents increases the risk of sustained hypothermia. Accident-related hypothermia increases mortality in severely injured patients, and prehospital efforts to prevent hypothermia ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Jun 18 2021 This Week in Cardiology Jun 18 2021 This Week in Cardiology
COVID vaccine myocarditis, Christian Eriksen and sudden cardiac death, therapeutic hypothermia, and revascularization of stable CAD are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week ’s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - June 18, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Hypothermia Does Not Cut Deaths in Patients With Coma After Cardiac Arrest
THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 -- Targeted hypothermia does not lower the incidence of death at six months among patients with coma after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the June 17 issue of the New England Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 17, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Maternal Sepsis: presentation, course, treatment and outcomes
The current adult definition of sepsis and septic shock, as developed in 1992, does not adequately define sepsis in the pregnant and peripartum women due to the alteration of sepsis presentation in the maternal population. The purpose of this study was to determine potential causative factors for sepsis with the aim of prevention and reducing morbidity and mortality. Study Design and Methods: A descriptive observational design via a retrospective medical record review was used with a convenience sample of 22 women who were identified after admission as having sepsis. The setting was the labor and delivery unit of a large u...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Accidental hypothermia in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study of incidence and outcomes - Wiberg S, Mortensen AF, Kjaergaard J, Hassager C, Wanscher M.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the incidence of accidental hypothermia (AH) in a nationwide registry and the associated outcomes. DESIGN: Nationwide retrospective cohort study PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: All patients at least 18 years old, admitted to h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Higher, Lower Temps Similar for Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Higher, Lower Temps Similar for Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest
CAPITOL-CHILL, the first randomized controlled trial to compare specific temperatures for therapeutic hypothermia in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, showed no differences in major outcomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 25, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
New innovation successfully treats neonatal hypothermia
(Boston Children's Hospital) Neonatal hypothermia -- which occurs when an infant's core body temperature falls below the normal range needed to maintain health -- contributes to approximately one million deaths each year, and countless cases of stunted growth, almost exclusively in low- and middle-income countries. To address this common but preventable condition, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital, engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and colleagues in Rwanda developed the Dream Warmer, a low cost, reusable non-electric infant warmer to prevent and treat hypothermia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Long Does It Take to Die from Hypothermia
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - May 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Reply to: Estimation of the survival probabilities in hypothermic cardiac arrest patients with drowning: the HOPE score as a tool to help selecting patients for extracorporeal rewarming - Perkins GD, Bierens J.
The kind comments on our recent scoping review about drowning are very much welcomed. Indeed, drowning mechanisms are presented in various forms in which hypothermia can act as therapy, threat and sign of arrested body functions. The 14 publications in our... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
At least 111 people died from the winter storm that hit Texas in February
The majority of deaths reported were associated with hypothermia, the agency notes. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Winter Storm Delays Cancer Treatment Across U.S.
Severe winter storms have affected multiple central U.S. states with power outages and water supply disruptions. State officials in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi say restoring power to everyone could still take several days.
Over the past week, problems with state infrastructure left millions of residents across Texas and Oklahoma without heat and potable water.
Dr. Raja Flores, a thoracic surgeon at Mount Sinai Cancer Center in New York, says the weather has also affected cancer patients in his area. “With the storm, many services are not available,” Dr. Flores told The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com.
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 22, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Amy Edel Source Type: news
Quickstats: Death rates* attributed to excessive cold or hypothermia( †) among persons aged ≥15 years, by urban-rural status(§) and age group - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019 - Spencer MR, Hedegaard HB.
n 2019, among persons aged ≥15 years, death rates attributed to excessive cold or hypothermia were higher in rural areas than in urban areas across every age group. Crude rates were lowest among those aged 15-34 years at 0.2 and 0.5 per 100,000 populatio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
