Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Infra-red thermometry: the reliability of tympanic and temporal artery readings for predicting brain temperature after severe traumatic brain injury. | Available online http content 13 3 R81 Research Infra-red thermometry the reliability of tympanic and temporal artery readings for predicting brain temperature after severe traumatic brain injury Danielle Kirk1 Timothy Rainey1 Andy Vail2 and Charmaine Childs1 1Brain Injury Research Group School of Translational Medicine University of Manchester Salford Royal Foundation Trust Stott Lane Salford M6 8HD UK 2Biostatistics Group University of Manchester Salford Royal Foundation Trust Stott Lane Salford M6 8HD UK Corresponding author Charmaine Childs Received 12 Mar 2009 Revisions requested 17 Apr 2009 Revisions received 8 May 2009 Accepted 27 May 2009 Published 27 May 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R81 doi cc7898 This article is online at http content 13 3 R81 2009 Kirk et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Temperature measurement is important during routine neuroeritieal care especially as differences between brain and systemic temperatures have been observed. The purpose of the study was to determine if infra-red temporal artery thermometry provides a better estimate of brain temperature than tympanic membrane temperature for patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Methods Brain parenchyma tympanic membrane and temporal artery temperatures were recorded every 15-30 min for five hours during the first seven days after admission. Results Twenty patients aged 17-76 years were recruited. Brain and tympanic membrane temperature differences ranged from C to C mean C . Brain and temporal artery temperature differences ranged from C to C mean C . Tympanic membrane temperature differed from .
