Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Temperature changes of the first finger and toe were evaluated in patients under spinal anesthesia. One hundred and thirty female patients who were to undergo cesarean section were selected for this study. During spinal anesthesia the changes in skin temperature were classified in three patterns. ⋯ The remaining 4 cases of foot type and 2 cases of unchanged type needed another anesthetic method. In cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, skin temperature pattern of hand and foot type seems desirable. Simultaneous monitoring of hand and foot (first fingertip temperature) seems to be useful to evaluate the height of spinal anesthesia.