Heat loss during surgery

Cutaneous heat loss in children during anaesthesia.

We have measured non-evaporative, cutaneous heat loss using heat flux transducers at eight skin sites in five children during anaesthesia and compared the data with basal metabolic heat production. The effect of disposable surgical covering and a radiant heater on heat flux was examined. The mean total heat flow rate before draping was 3-9 W higher than the basal metabolic rate after induction ...

Heat loss during thoracotomy. A preliminary report.

We became interested in the subject of heat loss after reading the work of Benzinger (1967), Roe, Goldberg, Blair, and Kinney (1966) and Cuthbertson, Smith, and Tillstone (1968). Benzinger (1967) from Bethesda has established a quantitative relationship between a fall in body temperature and a rise in metabolic rate. He has summarized some of his findings in a graph which is reproduced in Figur...

Temperature and surgical wound heat loss during orthopedic surgery: computer simulations and measurements

Citation for published version (APA): Severens, N. M. W., van Marken Lichtenbelt, W. D., Frijns, A. J. H., van Ooij, A., Marcus, M. A. E., de Mol, B. A. J. M., & van Steenhoven, A. A. (2010). Temperature and surgical wound heat loss during orthopedic surgery: computer simulations and measurements. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 57(4), 381-382. DOI: 10.1007/s126...

Chromovitrectomy in Vitreous Loss During Cataract Surgery

Reproductive Loss in Farm Animals during Heat Stress

Heat stress causes infertility in farm animals and represents a major source of economic loss. In response to heat stress, managers can attempt a variety of approaches to improve reproduction. These approaches usually involve modifying the environment (i.e., attempting to cool cows during reproduction), modifying the genetics of the animal (i.e., breeding to heat tolerant breeds) or intensifyin...