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MeSH Heading: Hypothermia
Tree Number(s): C23.888.119.565
Unique ID: D007035
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007035
Annotation: do not confuse with HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED for cooling of organs during surgery or for therapy; relation to BODY TEMPERATURE: see Manual 23.27+
Scope Note: Lower than normal body temperature, especially in warm-blooded animals.
Entry Term(s): Hypothermia, Accidental
NLM Classification #: QT 160
See Also: Cold-Shock Response; Rewarming
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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