A comparative rewarming trial of gastric versus peritoneal lavage in a hypothermic model.
A comparison of gastric lavage versus peritoneal lavage rewarming was studied in a hypothermic rabbit model. The gastric lavage group (n = 5) had a mean rewarming time of 136 +/- 25.1 minutes versus the peritoneal lavage group (n = 6) mean rewarming time of 131.7 +/- 27.9 minutes (p = .795). Good correlation was found between tympanic membrane temperature readings and both rectal temperature readings (r = .69) in the gastric lavage group and esophageal temperature readings (r = .90) in the peritoneal lavage group. Gastric lavage and peritoneal lavage have the same rewarming rates in the present hypothermic model.
Levitt
M A
MA
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Kane
V
V
Henderson
J
J
Dryjski
M
M
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006361:Heating; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D011817:Rabbits; D014432:Tympanic Membrane