The effects of core and peripheral warming methods on temperature and physiologic variables in injured children

• Published in: Pediatric emergency care Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 138
• Main Authors: Bernardo, L M, Gardner, M J, Lucke, J, Ford, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Body Temperature - physiology; Body Temperature Regulation; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Nursing Research; Emergency Nursing; Feasibility Studies; Female; Hot Temperature - therapeutic use; Humans; Hypothermia - prevention & control; Infusions, Intravenous - methods; Male; Pediatric Nursing; Prospective Studies; Resuscitation; Rewarming - methods; Wounds and Injuries - complications; Wounds and Injuries - physiopathology; Wounds and Injuries - therapy

Injured children are at risk for thermoregulatory compromise, where temperature maintenance mechanisms are overwhelmed by severe injury, environmental exposure, and resuscitation measures. Adequate thermoregulation can be maintained, and heat loss can be prevented, by core (administration of warmed...