Intrathecal temperature is closely reflected by the aortic, but not by the rectal, temperature in a rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia.
Experimental ischemic lesions in the lumbar spinal cord of the rabbit can be induced by inflating the balloon of a Swan-Ganz catheter in the abdominal aorta. The intrathecal temperature is significantly better reflected by the temperature from the thermistor of the catheter than by the rectal temperature.
Knolle
Erich
E
Department of Anesthesiology and General Intensive Care (B), University of Vienna, Austria. erich.knolle@univie.ac.at
Windberger
Ursula
U
Ehrlich
Marek
M
Heinze
Georg
G
Oehmke
Matthias J
MJ
Turkof
Edvin
E
Losert
Udo
U
Kress
Hans Georg
HG
D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D003250:Constriction; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012007:Rectum / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*