When would induced hypothermia be indicated?
a. During brain surgery
b. During bowel surgery
c. To break a fever
d. To treat carbon monoxide poisoning
A
There are times during brain or cardiac surgery that hypothermia is induced to lower the patient's metabolism so that less oxygen is needed by the body. If a patient has a high fever, measures are taken to lower it but not to the point of hypothermia. Carbon monoxide poisoning is not treated by hypothermia.
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