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Core‐peripheral temperature gradient in children: does it reflect clinically important changes in circulatory haemodynamics?
Author(s) -
Murdoch IA,
Qureshi SA,
Mitchell A,
Huggon IC
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1993.tb12556.x
Subject(s) - peripheral , medicine , circulatory system , core (optical fiber) , cardiac output , cardiac index , vascular resistance , cardiology , peripheral resistance , hemodynamics , central venous pressure , stroke volume , mean circulatory filling pressure , blood pressure , heart rate , materials science , composite material
Following open heart surgery, changes in core and peripheral skin temperature and changes in the core‐peripheral temperature gradient were measured in 10 children. These were correlated with changes in cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance index, mean arterial pressure and urinary output. During the study intervals, which lasted 1 h each, no changes in medical management were made. Using Spearman's rank correlation, only a change in central venous pressure was found to correlate with a change in the core‐peripheral temperature gradient. We conclude that a change in the core‐peripheral temperature will give valuable information about the patient's intravascular volume.