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Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe
Intraoperative temperature monitoring of surgical patients is an important aspect of perioperative care. Central core temperature monitoring is often accomplished using an 18 French esophageal device inserted through the mouth into the esophagus, while patients are undergoing general anesthesia. Pla...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407202 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30388 |
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description | Intraoperative temperature monitoring of surgical patients is an important aspect of perioperative care. Central core temperature monitoring is often accomplished using an 18 French esophageal device inserted through the mouth into the esophagus, while patients are undergoing general anesthesia. Placement of a modified esophageal temperature probe (i.e. with the protective plastic covering removed) into the nasopharynx of a patient may cause significant patient harm by injuring the nasal mucosa and/or turbinates. An internal survey of current practice at our academic institution reveals that 78% of anesthesia providers modify the esophageal temperature probes, leading to an 11% injury incidence. A practical solution to avoid complications is to place a pediatric size 9 French esophageal temperature probe into the nasopharynx to monitor the central core temperature. |
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spelling | pubmed-96711972022-11-18 Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe Kovacs, Peter L Deutch, Zachary Cureus Anesthesiology Intraoperative temperature monitoring of surgical patients is an important aspect of perioperative care. Central core temperature monitoring is often accomplished using an 18 French esophageal device inserted through the mouth into the esophagus, while patients are undergoing general anesthesia. Placement of a modified esophageal temperature probe (i.e. with the protective plastic covering removed) into the nasopharynx of a patient may cause significant patient harm by injuring the nasal mucosa and/or turbinates. An internal survey of current practice at our academic institution reveals that 78% of anesthesia providers modify the esophageal temperature probes, leading to an 11% injury incidence. A practical solution to avoid complications is to place a pediatric size 9 French esophageal temperature probe into the nasopharynx to monitor the central core temperature. Cureus 2022-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9671197/ /pubmed/36407202 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30388 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kovacs et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Anesthesiology Kovacs, Peter L Deutch, Zachary Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title | Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title_full | Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title_fullStr | Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title_full_unstemmed | Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title_short | Complications From Operator Modification of the Esophageal Temperature Probe |
title_sort | complications from operator modification of the esophageal temperature probe |
topic | Anesthesiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407202 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30388 |
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