title: [Use of bladder thermistor catheters in an intensive care unit. Comparative study of core temperature measurements with bladder thermometers and rectal thermometers in an intensive care unit].
abstract: Bladder temperature measured by a thermistor tipped urinary catheter was compared to rectal temperature in 14 ICU patients. During a period of five days 2 x 232 measurements were recorded, and good correlation was found between rectal and bladder temperatures (R = 0.97). There did not seem to be any drift in the bladder thermistor. Measurement was accurate during periods of oliguria. We find that bladder temperature measurement is reliable, safe, convenient and accurate for routine use in the ICU.
authors.affiliation: Anaestesi- og intensivafdelingen, Hjørring Sygehus.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Juul
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vestergård
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skyt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012007:Rectum; D013821:Thermometers; D001743:Urinary Bladder; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Brug af blaeretermistorkateter på intensiv afdeling. Sammenlignende undersøgelse af kernetemperaturmåling med bloere- og rektaltermometer på en intensiv afdeling.