title: [Temperature monitoring and sites of measurement of body temperature].
abstract: The authors report an investigation of 331 consecutive patients submitted to major surgery to evaluate the reliability of temperature monitoring in different body sites in relation to central temperature. After having considered the minimal temperature changes and the difficulties due to the different techniques used, it is concluded that the measurement at the middle 3rd of the oesophagus is the most reasonable measurements site.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Sassari.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mastroni
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sale
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marongiu
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Bacciu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porcu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gherli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruju
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Monitoraggio termometrico e siti di rilevamento della temperatura corporea.