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Comparison Between Non-invasive Heat-flux and Invasive Core Temperature Monitoring

Completed
Conditions
Body Temperature Changes
Registration Number
NCT03368040
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bonn
Brief Summary

The body core temperature drops during general anesthesia. To maintain homeostasis, patients require warming measures. Different methods to measure body core temperature exist, which are either highly accurate but invasive, or non-invasive but non-accurate. A new monitoring device, Tcore(TM), enables a non-invasive but accurate core temperature assessment.

This study is performed to quantify accuracy and bias of the Tcore system in comparison with the blood temperature, which is the gold standard of core temperature measurement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
22
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with invasive femoral artery temperature monitoring
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bias of heat-flux temperature monitoring [%]from insertion of thermometers to end of surgery

Over the time course of surgery, the body core temperature is actually measured in the bloodstream (Tbl) and estimated by the heat-flux thermometer (Thf). The bias or median prediction error (MPE) is calculated as median of PE, which is (Tbl-Thf)/Tbl.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Inaccuracy of heat-flux temperature monitoring [%]from insertion of thermometers to end of surgery

Over the time course of surgery, the body core temperature is actually measured in the bloodstream (Tbl) and estimated by the heat-flux thermometer (Thf). The inaccuracy or median absolute prediction error (MAPE) is calculated as median of abs(PE), which is (Tbl-Thf)/Tbl.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn

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Bonn, Germany

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