Experimental and Clinical Observations on the Use of Hypothermia to Prevent Ischemic Damage to the Central Nervous System

Experimental and Clinical Observations on the Use of Hypothermia to Prevent Ischemic Damage to the Central Nervous System

Contributor(s):
Pontius, Robert G.
DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008
Publication:
Produced: [1956]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hypothermia
Central Nervous System
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
Looking for a way to repair aneurysms in the thoracic aorta without causing ischemic damage to the spinal cord, DeBakey and his colleagues experimented with hypothermia. Denver surgeon Henry Swan had used hypothermia successfully for brief open-heart surgeries since 1953. During the years before heart-lung bypass machines were perfected, DeBakey found that hypothermia could prevent spinal cord damage during aneurysm surgery.
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Extent:
8 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101743405X353 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
FJBBWH
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X353
Archival Collection:
The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)