PMID: 1201164Aug 1, 1975Paper

Mean skin temperature during anaesthesia: an assessment of formulae in the supine surgical patient

British Journal of Anaesthesia
C A Shanks

Abstract

The mean skin temperature was calculated from measurements made in 22 patients under general anaesthesia. The results from 11 different formulae were compared with a system involving 15 temperature sites on the skin, each given a weighting factor in proportion to the fraction of total surface area which it represented. If accuracy is required, the mean skin temperature should be measured in surgical patients using a formula which involves at least 10 skin sites. Incorrect estimation of stored body heat results from an erroneous value for the mean skin temperature, and this occurred more frequently when the number of skin sites was reduced.

Citations

Jul 1, 1995·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·P KulkarniF Carli
Jun 11, 2009·European Journal of Anaesthesiology·Hiroaki SatoTakashi Matsukawa
Oct 1, 1990·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·B Eckerbom, C E Lindholm
May 23, 1998·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·Y H RasmussenN E Drenck
Aug 1, 2013·Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research·Ayse B OzerÖmer L Erhan
Nov 1, 1987·The British Journal of Surgery·F Carli, V R Aber
Feb 1, 1985·Anaesthesia and Intensive Care·C A ShanksC J Wilkinson
Sep 26, 2020·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·Sirkka-Liisa LauronenMaija-Liisa Kalliomäki

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