Clinical Information About Hypothermia

Clinical Information About Hypothermia

When the core temperature falls below 35 degrees, the condition is called hypothermia. Hypothermia may be induced for therapeutic purposes or may be accidental. The later is serious and it affects persons at the extremes of age with disturbed thermoregulatory mechanisms, or may be caused by diseases, starvation or injury. It can occur in fit subjects when subjected to extreme cold without protection. More information: more info