title: [Measurement and management of body temperature].
abstract: Body temperature regulation is at the basis of life maintenance and for humans to maintain the central body temperature within the range of 37 +/- 0.2 degrees Celsius. In the case of anesthesia, a patient would have a high possibility of lower body temperature and also could have more complications with low body temperature. In addition, it would generate more complications and extend a period of hospitalization. For that reason, anesthetists must pay full attention to body temperature management during surgery. Measurement for central body temperature is necessary as a monitor for body temperature measurement and the measurement for nasopharyngeal temperature, tympanic temperature, and lung artery temperature is effective for this purpose. Therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury is receiving attention recently as a preventive method for brain disorder and the method is utilized in hospital facilities. In future, it is expected to attain the most suitable treatment method by clinical studies on low body temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Yamanashi Faculty of Medicine, Chuo 409-3898.
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwashita
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsukawa
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative