Enhancement of cooling and rewarming by a jet water system in surface-induced deep hypothermia.
To shorten the time of cooling and rewarming in surface-induced deep hypothermia, we devised a jet water system for hypothermia which was constructed within the water bath of the operating-table. In the clinical applications for open heart surgery under surface-induced deep hypothermia, we found that the time required for cooling and rewarming, particularly the later, was significantly reduced without any adverse effects.
D000293:Adolescent; D001831:Body Temperature; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature