Intracerebral temperature monitoring in severely head injured patients.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
In a series of 6 severely head injured patients, intraventricular as well as rectal, bladder and jugular vein temperature is recorded. The relationship between these temperatures in different conditions is evaluated. Intracerebral temperature is 0.5 +/- 0.2 degrees C (mean +/- SD) higher than bladder temperature except in conditions such as brain death. It is concluded that rectal temperature is not representative and therefore not a good alternative to the measurement of brain temperature. More data on human intracerebral temperature are mandatory as well as prospective studies correlating intracerebral temperature with final outcome in head injury.
Medical subject headings
- Body Temperature Regulation
- Head Injuries, Closed
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Thermometers