Intracerebral temperature monitoring in severely head injured patients |
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Authors: | J. Verlooy L. Heytens G. Veeckmans P. Selosse |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Summary 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 °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. |
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Keywords: | Brain temperature head trauma neurosurgical intensive care |
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