Open AccessAccuracy of skin temperature over carotid artery in estimation of core temperature in infants and young children during general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
C K Suhail,
Nandini Dave,
Raylene Dias,
Madhu Garasia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_679_17
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , hypothermia , carotid arteries , internal carotid artery , limits of agreement , anesthesia , core temperature , nuclear medicine , surgery
Core temperature monitoring is essential in children under general anaesthesia as they are more susceptible to hypothermia. We aimed to use skin temperature over the carotid artery (T sk -carotid) with correction factors (Cf) to estimate core temperature. Primary outcome measure was to assess the sensitivity of T sk -carotid with Cf for detecting hypothermia. Secondary outcome measure was to assess the specificity of T sk -carotid with Cf for detecting hypothermia.