Word: hypothermia
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Most, if not all, major heart surgery can be performed more safely with the patient chilled to a temperature between 84° and 89° F., Drs. Henry Swan and S. Gilbert Blount Jr. of Denver suggested in the A.M.A. Journal. They found that hypothermia extends to eight minutes the time during which the heart can be stopped without damage to the brain. They hope to improve the method to cover heart operations that cannot yet be performed within that time limit...