Method and System for Treatment of a Body of a Mammal in Cardiac Arrest
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1. Method for treatment of a body of a mammal in cardiac arrest, comprising the step of performing a therapeutic hypothermia of the body after the cardiac arrest has occurred, said therapeutic hypothermia comprising:
- cooling the body to a target temperature during a cooling time period, said cooling being performed by total liquid ventilation which comprises alternately filling lungs of the body with a cooling liquid and removing from the lungs said cooling liquid,maintaining the body at the target temperature for a hypothermia duration.
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Method for treatment of a body of a mammal in cardiac arrest, comprising the step of performing a therapeutic hypothermia of the body after the cardiac arrest has occurred, said therapeutic hypothermia comprising:
- cooling the body to a target temperature during a cooling time period, said cooling being performed by total liquid ventilation which comprises alternately filling lungs of the body with a cooling liquid and removing from the lungs said cooling liquid,
- maintaining the body at the target temperature for a hypothermia duration.
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1. Method for treatment of a body of a mammal in cardiac arrest, comprising the step of performing a therapeutic hypothermia of the body after the cardiac arrest has occurred, said therapeutic hypothermia comprising:
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cooling the body to a target temperature during a cooling time period, said cooling being performed by total liquid ventilation which comprises alternately filling lungs of the body with a cooling liquid and removing from the lungs said cooling liquid, maintaining the body at the target temperature for a hypothermia duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. System for treatment of a body of a mammal in cardiac arrest, comprising:
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a cooling device adapted to cool the body to a target temperature during a cooling time period, said cooling device being adapted to perform total liquid ventilation and comprising; a reservoir filled with a cooling liquid, a pumping arrangement adapted to alternately fill lungs of the body with the cooling liquid and remove from the lungs said cooling liquid, a temperature maintaining device adapted to maintain the body at the target temperature for a hypothermia duration. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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