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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 2, 124-136, Copyright © 1955 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

A Study of Body Temperature during General Anaesthesia

BERNARD WALTMAN 1 and JOHN W. SCOTT M.A., M.D.2

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto
2 Clinical Teacher in Medicine, University of Toronto, and Department of Electroencephalography, Toronto General Hospital

1. Physiological reactions of 35 afebrile adults to the thermal environment during surgical anaesthesia were studied.

2. In the air temperature range 20.1-29.0° C. dry bulb and 14.8-25.6° C. wet bulb observations on the rectal temperature indicated no embarrassment of thermoregulation.

3. The mean air temperature at which sweating occurred was 27.5° C.

4. Skm temperatures along the lower limb rose quickly after induction of anaesthesia to within a few degrees of rectal temperature and generally remained high throughout anaesthesia.

5. Possible factors influencing heat regulation during surgical anaesthesia are discussed.

Note:

From the Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, and the Anaesthetic Service, Toronto General Hospital.






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