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Article: Monitoring bladder temperatures in the OR.
- Article from:
- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
- Author:
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The purpose of temperature monitoring in any clinical setting, including the OR, is to obtain a measure of core temperature. Temperature can be measured at varying sites, each producing its own range of temperatures, (1) thus true core temperature has been described as a nebulous term (2) lacking definition (3) Nevertheless, this term continues to be used to physically differentiate between the more uniform temperatures in the body core (eg, cranium, thorax, abdominal areas) and the more variable, nonhomogeneous temperatures at peripheral sites. (4)
It has been argued that the hypothalamus should be regarded as the site of true core temperature measurement ...