Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · May 2014
Comparative StudyMonitoring temperature in children undergoing anaesthesia: a comparison of methods.
Children undergoing anaesthesia are prone to hypothermia. Perioperative monitoring of patient temperature is, therefore, standard practice. Postoperative temperature is regarded as a key anaesthetic performance indicator in Australian hospitals. ⋯ Skin temperature showed a large variation from nasopharyngeal measurements. Our findings indicate that measured temperatures vary between sites. Understanding these variations is important for interpreting temperature readings.