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Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett Was Cooled. Medical Experts Using Medivance's Market-Leading Technology Are Available to Comment on the Benefits of Therapeutic Hypothermia as a Medical Treatment

Thursday, September 13, 2007 General News
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Buffalo Bills' spinal consultant Dr. Andrew Cappuccino in his pressconference this morning indicated that Kevin Everett was cooledtherapeutically immediately after the fracture of his cervical spine, andagain post-surgery.
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Dr. Cappuccino said during the press conference, "Lowering bodytemperature has been shown to help spinal cord sparing."

Medivance, the nation's leader in therapeutic temperature management andthe type of therapeutic hypothermia used on Kevin Everett, has medical expertsavailable nationwide to comment on this aspect of Kevin Everett's treatment.Please note that these experts cannot comment on Kevin's condition orprognosis, as they are not immediately involved in his care, but could discussthe following:
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We can provide a list of hospitals that are practicing therapeutichypothermia using Medivance's Arctic Sun device in your area or nationwide,but the percentage of hospitals cooling patients is still quite small.1) The medical reasons Kevin's body temperature was lowered 2) The safest methods of cooling patients - non-invasive cooling with the Arctic Sun

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