title: Nomograms for calculation of heat loss.
abstract: Two nomograms are presented. The first enables the mean surface and body temperatures and the body heat content of a patient of given weight to be determined from measurements of skin temperature at three sites and of the core (rectal) temperature. The second enables the change in heat content of such a patient to be determined from the change in mean body temperature.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001835:Body Weight; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008433:Mathematics; D012007:Rectum; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative