FPGA-based automated forced-air device for body temperature regulation

• Main Authors: Kaw, Pierreson Peter M., Mendoza, Kevin Christopher G., Natividad, Lawrence F., Reyes, Marie Rose V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Body temperature > Regulation; Medical instruments and apparatus; Field programmable gate arrays; Information display systems; Programmable logic devices; Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14387
• Institution: De La Salle University

Hypothermia is known as the drop in a person's core body temperature. Patients experience a range of mild to severe hypothermia after general anesthetics are applied for surgery. Forced-air devices are used to increase and maintain body temperature in order to prevent damage to the patient'...