Medical Uses
The types of medical events hypothermic therapies may effectively treat fall into five primary categories: hypothermia therapy for neonatal encephalopathy, cardiac arrest, ischemic stroke, traumatic brain or spinal cord injury without fever, and neurogenic fever following brain trauma.
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