Intrathecal temperature is closely reflected by the aortic, but not by the rectal, temperature in a rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia.

Knolle, Erich; Windberger, Ursula; Ehrlich, Marek; Heinze, Georg; Oehmke, Matthias J; Turkof, Edvin; Losert, Udo; Kress, Hans Georg · Anesth Analg · 2003

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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.

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