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Temperature Monitoring and Perioperative Thermoregulation

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Sessler, Daniel I., Warner, David S., Warner, Mark A.·2008·Anesthesiology

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Most clinically available thermometers accurately report the temperature of whatever tissue is being measured. The difficulty is that no reliably core-temperature-measuring sites are completely noninvasive and easy to use-especially in patients not undergoing general anesthesia. Nonetheless, temperature can be reliably measured in most patients. Body temperature should be measured in patients undergoing general anesthesia exceeding 30 min in duration and in patients undergoing major operations during neuraxial anesthesia. Core body temperature is normally tightly regulated. All general anesthetics produce a profound dose-dependent reduction in the core temperature, triggering cold defenses, including arteriovenous shunt vasoconstriction and shivering. Anesthetic-induced impairment of normal thermoregulatory control, with the resulting core-to-peripheral redistribution of body heat, is the primary cause of hypothermia in most patients. Neuraxial anesthesia also impairs thermoregulatory control, although to a lesser extent than does general anesthesia. Prolonged epidural analgesia is associated with hyperthermia whose cause remains unknown.

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Authors
Sessler, D. I., Warner, D. S., & Warner, M. A.
Affiliations
Cleveland Clinic (US)
Venue
Anesthesiology
Published
2008-08-01
Volume
109
Issue
2
Pages
318-338
ISSN
0003-3022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1977651828
Cited by
758
References
196
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Anesthesiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1r29gm039723-01a1, 5r01gm058273-04)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (58273, 061655, 27345)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-39723, R01 GM058273, R01GM061655)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
Keywords
perioperative hypothermia, core body temperature, thermoregulation, general anesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia, epidural analgesia, hyperthermia, shivering, body temperature measurement
MeSH terms
Anesthesia, General, Body Temperature, Body Temperature Regulation, Humans, Hypothermia, Shivering, Skin Temperature, Sweating, Monitoring, Intraoperative

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