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Targeted temperature management (TTM), previously known as therapeutic hypothermia or protective hypothermia, is an active treatment that tries to achieve and maintain a specific body temperature in a person for a specific duration of time in an effort to improve health outcomes during recovery after a period of stopped blood flow to the brain. [1]
The original definition of emergency in 1940, when ASA classification was first designed, was "a surgical procedure which, in the surgeon's opinion, should be performed without delay," [1] but is now defined as "when [a] delay in treatment would significantly increase the threat to the patient's life or body part." [2]
Several monitoring technologies allow for a controlled induction of, maintenance of, and emergence from general anaesthesia. Standard for basic anesthetic monitoring is a guideline published by the ASA, which describes that the patient's oxygenation, ventilation, circulation and temperature should be continually evaluated during anesthetic. [38]
The Arctic Sun Temperature Management System is a non-invasive targeted temperature management system. It modulates patient temperature by circulating chilled water in pads directly adhered to the patient's skin. Using varying water temperatures and a computer algorithm, a patient's body temperature can be better controlled.
In the US, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has established minimum monitoring guidelines for patients receiving general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or sedation. These include electrocardiography (ECG), heart rate, blood pressure, inspired and expired gases, oxygen saturation of the blood (pulse oximetry), and temperature. [7]
Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is a minimally invasive heart procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). [1]It is a percutaneous, minimally invasive procedure performed by an interventional cardiologist to relieve symptoms and improve functional status in eligible patients with severely symptomatic HCM who meet strict clinical, anatomic and physiologic selection criteria.
Monitoring the person's vital signs, which includes their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and body temperature; Monitoring the person's mental status (i.e., confusion, delirium, reduced alertness etc.) Contacting emergency medical services if their situation does not improve rapidly or worsens
Infrared (IR) temperature measurement for fever screening correctly done at the medial canthus (tear duct) of the eye. Thermography has been promoted by some alternative medicine practitioners as a means to diagnose cancer, although it is not effective for this purpose.