A comparative rewarming trial of gastric versus peritoneal lavage in a hypothermic model |
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| Authors: | M A Levitt V Kane J Henderson M Dryjski |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. |
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| Abstract: | A comparison of gastric lavage versus peritoneal lavage rewarming was studied in a hypothermic rabbit model. The gastric lavage group (n = 5) had a mean rewarming time of 136 +/- 25.1 minutes versus the peritoneal lavage group (n = 6) mean rewarming time of 131.7 +/- 27.9 minutes (p = .795). Good correlation was found between tympanic membrane temperature readings and both rectal temperature readings (r = .69) in the gastric lavage group and esophageal temperature readings (r = .90) in the peritoneal lavage group. Gastric lavage and peritoneal lavage have the same rewarming rates in the present hypothermic model. |
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