Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of decool
- gerunduncountablemedicineThe process of gradually restoring normothermia after the hypothermic phase of targeted temperature management.
Design: A review of current literature describing methods of performing therapeutic temperature management and neuromonitoring during the cooling, maintenance, and decooling periods.
2009 July 28, DB Seder, TE Van der Kloot, “Methods of cooling: practical aspects of therapeutic temperature management.”, in Critical care medicine, volume 37, number 7 Suppl, →DOI, →PMID, page S211-S222Synonyms: rewarming
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of gradually restoring normothermia after the hypothermic phase of targeted temperature management.
Origin
From de- + cooling or de- + cool + -ing; see decool § Etymology.
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