Mild hypothermia can delay recovery from anesthesia.
Temperature monitoring devices in anaesthesia.
If a polychromatic infrared detector is used 7 13 um the monitor can automatically detect the anesthetic agent used as the absorption spectra at these wavelengths are relatively different.
Temperature and cardiac events.
Core temperature monitoring e g.
Temperature monitoring devices are relatively inexpensive.
Body temperature should be monitored perioperatively every 5 to 10 minutes until the patient has recovered to sternal recumbency and body temperature is maintained between 99 f to 102 f.
Probes can be placed in the axilla in the pharynx or in the esophagus and indicate at the least temperature trending.
Specialized monitors for obtaining more detailed and complicated information mostly about the heart can also be used when useful or needed for certain types of surgeries.
In addition temperature monitoring should be done on nearly every unconscious patient because of the rapid changes in temperature that can occur under anesthesia.
4 2 3 every patient receiving general anesthesia shall have in addition to the above circulatory function continually evaluated by at least one of the following.
Monitoring body temperature in order to prevent hypothermia and hyperthermia is vital.
On average core temperature drops 1 1 5c in the first hour.