Correlation Between Esophageal Temperature and Skin Temperature in Trauma Patients

NCT ID: NCT05770830

Last Updated: 2023-04-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 54 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-12-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this retrospective data-based study is to investigate the correlation between esophageal temperature and skin core temperature in trauma patients who underwent emergency surgery.

Based on the medical records of patients who applied both temperature measurements simultaneously, the correlation between the skin core temperature and the esophageal temperature was investigated

Detailed Description

Hypothermia is known to be one of the factors that increase mortality rate in trauma patients. Therefore it is important to measure and manage the core temperature in trauma patients.

Esophageal temperature is common method to measure core temperature in patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia. However, it is not applicable in patients who have not been intubated or in patients with suspected esophageal damage. In addition, esophageal temperature probe is twisted in the mouth and does not reflect core temperature properly.

3M™ Bair Hugger™ temperature monitoring system was developed to measure the core temperature by attaching to the skin using zero heat flow mechanism. It is simple to apply, and available at the trauma scene.

Previous studies have reported that skin core temperature reflects core temperature well, but no studies have been conducted on trauma patients with rapid changes in the core temperature and poor perfusion state.

This retrospective data-based study investigate the medical records of trauma patients who underwent emergency surgery. Patients who applied two temperature measurements at the same time were targeted. Since this center has the system that automatically transfer the hemodynamic data of the monitor to the anesthesia record, the investigators use the anesthesia records.

Conditions

Core Temperature; Trauma

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Esophageal temperature

Esophageal temperature

Esophageal temperature

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Temperature data measured by esophageal temperature probe (disposable probe, Ace-medical, Seoul, Korea)

Skin core temperature

Skin core temperature

Skin core temperature

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Temperature data measured by skin core temperature device measured by 3M™ Bair Hugger™

Interventions

Esophageal temperature

Temperature data measured by esophageal temperature probe (disposable probe, Ace-medical, Seoul, Korea)

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Skin core temperature

Temperature data measured by skin core temperature device measured by 3M™ Bair Hugger™

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Trauma patients who underwent emergency surgery from January 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021
• Who applied both a esophageal thermometer and a 3M™ Bair Hugger™ temperature monitoring system at the same time

Exclusion Criteria

• When more than half of the data is missing

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Ajou University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

In-kyong Yi

Assistana professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Ajou university school of medicine

Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Countries

South Korea

Other Identifiers

AJOUIRB-MDB-2021-557

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id