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==Artificial Cooling== | ==Artificial Cooling== | ||
Discussed in Nov 21 ICU team meeting: | Discussed in Nov 21.08_ ICU team meeting: | ||
If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent | If a patient is '''actively cooled for therapeutic reasons''', use the most recent temp just '''prior to'''start of cooling. | ||
* If no temp is available before cooling initiated, then use temp at 4 hours after cooling stopped. | |||
*cardiac | *cardiac arrests may having the cooling protocol applied. See [[BRR]] for more information. | ||
If a patient is arriving from the OR cold, use the actual worst temperature since this low temp could also be a negative result of "having been open" for a long time. | If a patient is arriving from the OR cold, use the actual worst temperature since this low temp could also be a negative result of "having been open" for a long time. | ||