Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Agreement of zero-heat-flux thermometry with the oesophageal and tympanic core temperature measurement in patient receiving major surgery
Performance · Agreement with reference core temperatureResult — go to the resultMean difference −0.03 °CAuthors' conclusion
The zero-heat-flux thermometer is in good agreement with the reference core temperature based on tympanic and oesophagal temperature monitoring in patients undergoing major surgeries, and appears high performance in detecting hypothermia.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing major non-cardiac surgery under GA1,068 paired temperature sets
- Participants
- 103 adults
- Comparison
- Zero-heat-flux thermometry vs reference core temperature
- Outcome
- Agreement of zero-heat-flux with reference core temperature (Bland-Altman) and performance in detecting intraoperative hypothermia
Methodological detailsmethod-comparison, Bland-Altman analysis
- Method-comparison
- Bland-Altman analysis
Performance
Agreement with reference core temperature
Mean difference
−0.03 °C
As reported in the abstract
- Differences within 0.5 °C
- 94.5%
- Lin's concordance correlation coefficient
- 0.90 (95%CI 0.89-0.92)
Further findings
| Outcome | Zero-heat-flux |
|---|---|
| Detection of hypothermia | |
| Sensitivity | 82% |
| Specificity | 90% |
Original publication
Agreement of zero-heat-flux thermometry with the oesophageal and tympanic core temperature measurement in patient receiving major surgery. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 4 October 2023. doi:10.
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