Temperature Difference Between the Brain and Axilla in Patients Under Hypothermia.
- Author:
Do Sung YOO
1
;
Dal Soo KIM
;
Pil Woo HUH
;
Kyung Suck CHO
;
Jae Gun KIM
;
Chun Kun PARK
;
Joon Ki KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hypothemia;
Hyperthermia;
Temperature;
Brain temperature;
Axillary temperature
- MeSH:
Axilla*;
Brain*;
Cerebral Cortex;
Craniotomy;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Hypothermia*;
Rheology;
Thermal Diffusion
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2001;30(7):903-906
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The brain temperature is about 0.4-1 degrees C higher than that of the other peripheral body area. But most of these results have been obtained in normothermic condition. The objective of this study is to evaluate the temperature difference between the brain and axilla, in patients under hypothermia. METHODS: Sixty-three patients(37 women and 26 men) who underwent craniotomy with implantation of the thermal diffusion flowmetry sensor were included in this study. The temperature of the cerebral cortex and axilla was measured every 2 hours, simultaneously. The patient group was divided according to axillary temperature hyperthermia(over 38 degrees C), normothermia(36-38 degrees C) and hypothermia(under 36 degrees C). Total 1671 paired sample data were collected and analyzed. RESULTS: The temperature difference between the cerebral cortex and the axilla was 0.45+/-1.04 degrees C in hyperthermic patients, 0.97+/-1.1 degrees C in normothermic patients and 1.04+/-0.81 degrees C in hypothermic patients. The temperature difference has statistical significance in each group(unpaired t-test, p<0.05). CONCLUSION: From our study the temperature difference between the brain and the axilla in hypothermic condition increased more than that of normothermic state. And in hyperthermic condition, the temperature difference decreased.
