A comparison of patient rewarming devices after cardiac surgery.
Three regimens for rewarming patients after cardiac surgery involving hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass were studied in 30 patients. The control group (n = 10) received no active rewarming, the oesophageal group (n = 10) was warmed centrally using an oesophageal heat exchanger and the radiant group (n = 10) was warmed peripherally with an overhead radiant heater. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups apart from the higher mean skin temperatures in the peripheral group.
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Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
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Hall
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D001831:Body Temperature; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006361:Heating / Q000295:instrumentation; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012768:Shivering / Q000502:physiology; D012881:Skin Temperature; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000502:physiology