Cryotherapy Case Summary

Cryotherapy is the use of extreme cold in surgery or other medical treatments. Cryotherapy unlike other methods of treatment works in a very specific way in order to stimulate the brain. First a person is put in to The Cryo-sauna, this is a simple shower like machine that uses the gas form of liquid nitrogen to lower the client 's skin surface temperature by 30-50 degrees Fahrenheit over a period of two-three minutes. The chamber is then cooled using liquid nitrogen but clients are not in direct contact with the gas. The skin reacts to the cold and sends messages to the brain that acts as a stimulant to the regulatory functions of the body. This is important because it then makes the brain scan of all areas that may not be working to

American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that nearly 700 Americans die each day of sudden cardiac arrest (MI), or 250,000 every year, as many as 50,000 lives could be saved each year if certain critical interventions were made. (Freeman , 50) A patient who receives early life support measures and defibrillation within one to five minutes of arrest is much more likely to live and to retain normal brain function. The brain is often at a serious risk for irreparable brain damage related to anoxia and many other co-morbidities that are associated with cardiac arrest (MI). When a perfusing cardiac rhythm returns after a heart attack, the most important objective is to preserve brain function. The AHA and the Advanced Life Support Task Force of

In this video Dr. Rhonda Patrick (expert on nutritional health, brain, cancer & aging) talks in-detail about the benefits of Whole Body Cryotherapy with Joe Rogan. She tells about her experience in WBC, as well as how the procedure goes, what safety measures should be followed, describes the features, benefits and disadvantages of cold treatment from a medical point of

Hypothermia is a common problem in surgical patients. Up to 70% of patients experience some degree of hypothermia that is undergoing anesthetic surgery. Complications include but are not limited to wound infections, myocardial ischemia, and greater oxygen demands. The formal definition of hypothermia is when the patient’s core body temperature drops below 36 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, the purpose of the paper is to synthesize what studies reveal about the current state of knowledge on the effects of pre-operative warming of patient’s postoperative temperatures. I will discuss consistencies and contradictions in the literature, and offer possible explanations for the inconsistencies.

Induction Phase. This is the first phase of therapeutic hypothermia. The aim of this phase is to deliberately reduce the patient’s core body temperature to a degree where mild hypothermia is induced. The target temperature for this phase of therapeutic hypothermia is roughly 32-34 °C, although the exact target temperature varies between healthcare facilities. The induction of mild hypothermia can be achieved through a variety of different methods, including ice packs, cold saline infusion, external cooling pads, and intravascular cooling. Sedatives and neuromuscular blockers are often administered in conjunction with these cooling methods to prevent shivering thermogenesis, which could otherwise increase the amount of time required to reach

Perioperative hypothermia causes adverse effects in the recovery of a post-operative patient. These well known effects include delayed anaesthetic recovery, increased incidence and duration of postoperative ventilation, increased blood loss and transfusion requirements, increased cardiac events, increased surgical wound infection, pro-longed hospital length-of-stay (LOS) and higher hospital mortality.

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Atrophic holes caused by the atrophy of the sensory retina have a low risk for a subsequent RD.6 In contrast, retinal tears, such as horseshoe tears, are caused by vitreous traction and have a higher risk of a subsequent RD.6 Scleral depression is used to examine the peripheral retina that may be hard to access with indirect ophthalmoscopy alone in order to identify all retinal breaks.1 OCT is useful in differentiating between a macula-on and macula-off RRD, as well as revealing the presence of any subretinal fluid.

In the United States out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common occurrence among adults. In 2013, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), 359,400 individuals suffered from OHCA with an overall survival rate of 9.5% (AHA, 2014). Even with rapid chain-of-survival initiation, (i.e. immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), early defibrillation, effective advanced life support, and post cardiac care) mortality following OHCA remains elevated (Lee & Cone, 2014). In the chain of survival, the post resuscitation period is thought to be the missing link. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is one such post resuscitative

The nursing topic that I am going to base my final paper on is the use of hypothermia therapy following the successful resuscitation of adult patients. I want to further understand the positive or the negative outcomes for patients after we have using the hypothermia therapy protocol. hypothermia _1_.pdf This is one of the research studies that I plan on using in the research for my finial paper. The PICO question that I will be trying to answer in my research paper will be " In the resuscitated adult patient does the use of hypothermia therapy have a reduced mortality rate for adult patients after they have been discharged from the hospital?" By using the definition of PICOT from our book, the P in my research is resuscitated adult patients,

The importance of temperature management in the treatment of individuals afflicted by various medical ailments has been known for centuries with one of the earliest instances of this knowledge being recorded in the height of the Greek’s classical period. Hippocrates, a Greek physician commonly known as the father in medicine, was the first to describe the medical condition of hypothermia and note the importance of temperature in regards to some medical conditions. The following excerpt from Hippocrates writings demonstrates his rudimentary understanding of the correlation between temperature and medical conditions, “Old men have little warmth … for this reason, fevers are not so acute in old people for

Cornea-Independent is correct visual impairment without affecting the cornea, which organized into non-surgical Interventions and surgical

Cryotherapy is a medical procedure that involves the utilization of extreme cold to destroy any abnormal growth on the skin. It is used to alleviate skin disease such as warts, moles, skin tags, and solar keratoses. Cryotherapy is considered one of the most effective treatments for genital warts. The said procedure can only be done at a doctor's office.

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In a study by (González, Rodríguez et al. 2017) the influence of deep cryogenic treatment followed by a double tempering at 150°C on the erosive wear resistance of high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) WC-10Co-4Cr coating was evaluated. Austenitic 304 stainless steel plates (400 mm_95 mm_7 mm) were used as substrates. Agglomerated and sintered WC-10Co-4Cr Praxair spherical powder with particle size ranging between 20 and 45 µm was used as feedstock. The coatings were fabricated by the HVOF spray process using their own deposition parameters. Cryogenically treated coatings displayed better erosive resistance at low impact angles such as 30° and both particle impact testing velocities i.e.100 m/s and 130 m/s. In contrast, at higher angles between