In response to cold, the hypothalamus increases heat conservation by reducing blood flow to peripheral tissues through sympathetically-mediated vasoconstriction. The hypothalamus also stimulates heat ...

In mid-January a 70-year-old man was brought by ambulance to the emergency department. He had been found lying on a sidewalk in a confused state. An acquaintance said the patient drank alcohol heavily ...

Hypothermia is a dangerous condition in which the body becomes so cold that thinking, movement and protective responses are impaired, and the core body temperature drops to below 350C. In suspected ...

Extracorporeal life support can be used both for cardiopulmonary support and to rewarm patients who have had multiple trauma, either during surgical or endovascular procedures, or after major bleeding ...