• Resuscitation · Jan 2010

    Comparative Study

    Tracheal temperature for monitoring body temperature during mild hypothermia in pigs.

    • Danica Krizanac, Moritz Haugk, Fritz Sterz, Wolfgang Weihs, Michael Holzer, Keywan Bayegan, Andreas Janata, Udo M Losert, Harald Herkner, and Wilhelm Behringer.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
    • Resuscitation. 2010 Jan 1;81(1):87-92.

    Aim Of The StudyOut-of-hospital induction of mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest needs easy to use and accurate body temperature monitoring. The aim of the study was to evaluate the best temperature probe position on a specially designed tracheal tube, as compared to pulmonary artery temperature (Tpa) during cooling to mild hypothermia in pigs.MethodsEight swine (29-38 kg) were anesthetized and intubated with an endotracheal tube with three temperature probes: T1 was attached to the wall of the tube, 1cm proximal to the cuff-balloon, without contact to the mucosa; T2 and T3 were placed on the cuff-balloon with tight contact to the mucosa, T3 was covered by a small plastic tube to protect the mucosa against mechanical alterations. Body temperature was measured with a pulmonary artery catheter. Pigs were cooled from Tpa 38.5 to 33.0 degrees C with fast surface and slow endovascular cooling in a crossover design. To assess hysteresis, areas under the curve (AUC) were compared. Data are presented as mean and 95% confidence intervals.ResultsTemperatures were not different either during fast surface (T1-Tpa: 0.1[-0.3 to 0.5] degrees C, T2-Tpa: 0.2[0.0 to 0.4] degrees C, T3-Tpa: 0.4[0.1 to 0.7] degrees C) or slow endovascular (T1-Tpa: -0.3[-0.5 to 0.2] degrees C, T2-Tpa: -0.1[-0.3 to 0.0] degrees C, T3-Tpa: -0.1[-0.5 to 0.3] degrees C) cooling. There was no difference in hysteresis related to the location of the temperature probes. Faster surface cooling correlated with a larger but not significantly different hysteresis between the probes.ConclusionsTracheal temperature is an accurate surrogate for body temperature during fast and slow cooling to mild hypothermia in pigs and regardless of the location of the temperature probe on the tube.Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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