European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care
-
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care · Aug 2015
The correlation between the amplitude of Osborn wave and core body temperature.
Several reports illustrate an inverse correlation between the Osborn wave (J wave) amplitude and core body temperature. We attempted to study the strength of this correlation. ⋯ The amplitude of the J wave in the admission ECG of hypothermic patients may not accurately predict the core body temperature.