People who have suffered a heart attack may see increased their chances of survival, thanks to a technique to cool the brain, therapeutic hypothermia, which is used with patients who have suffered strokes.
A report published this week says that this technique is safe and effective in people who have suffered a heart attack. During therapeutic hypothermia, cooling the body to reduce brain temperature, which decreases the rate at which brain cells die they have been deprived of oxygen. In this way, surgeons get overtime vital to helping patients, saving lives and reducing gives ñ or stroke. unconscious person will experience a reduction in body temperature of 37C to between 32C and 34C, since it produces a heart attack until the next 12 to 24 hours.
The process is carried out thanks to a blanket or mattress filled with air or fluid, and sometimes through a "cap" special. Besides the cold, muscle relaxants are supplied to patients to prevent chills.
As has completed treatment, is increased Gradually the temperature of the affected patient's body until it reaches its normal level.
In several European countries including UK, health services and perform this technique in patients who have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest. But in many other countries, like ours, have expressed doubts about its effectiveness. However, a report from the National Institute for Health in the UK says the treatment is safe.
The ñ to last year, published a study that recommended this technique in infants who have suffered oxygen deprivation birth. It has also been shown that the technique is very effective in patients who have suffered cerebrovascular problems such as strokes.
The report says that therapeutic hypothermia should always be a first option to avoid ñ gives you brain in those who have suffered for heart, "has shown that the controlled cooling of certain patients who have suffered a cardiac heart can increase your chances of survival. " "Therapy can also reduce the risk of giving you ñ severe brain that typically occur when blood flow is interrupted to the brain."
"While the outcome of therapeutic hypothermia appears promising, we need to find out more about which patients might benefit most from its use, we recommend further investigation."
cardiology experts also believe that this therapy will increase the chances of surviving cardiac arrest. Although it has qualified only be carried out in hospitals, intensive monitoring of the period of hypothermia.
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