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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:580-585
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Temperature monitoring during cardiopulmonary bypass—do we undercool or overheat the brain?

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK

Received 15 October 2003; received in revised form 16 April 2004; accepted 5 May 2004.

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Objective: Brain cooling is an essential component of aortic surgery requiring circulatory arrest and inadequate cooling may lead to brain injury. Similarly, brain hyperthermia during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass may also lead to neurological injury. Conventional temperature monitoring sites may not reflect the core brain temperature (T°). We compared jugular bulb venous temperatures (JB) during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and normothermic bypass with Nasopharyngeal (NP), Arterial inflow (AI), Oesophageal (O), Venous return (VR), Bladder (B) and Orbital skin (OS) temperatures. Methods: 18 patients undergoing deep hypothermia (DH) and 8 patients undergoing normothermic bypass (mean bladder T°—36.29 °C) were studied. For DH, cooling was continued to 15 °C NP (mean cooling time—66 min). At pre-determined arterial inflow T°, NP, JB and O T°'s were measured. A 6-channel recorder continuously recorded all T°'s using calibrated thermocouples. Results: During the cooling phase of DH, NP lagged behind AI and JB T°'s. All these equilibrated at 15 °C. During rewarming, JB and NP lagged behind AI and JB was higher than NP at any time point. During normothermic bypass, although NP was reflective of the AI and JB T° trends, it underestimated peak JB T° (P=0.001). Towards the end of bypass, peak JB was greater than the arterial inflow T° (P=0.023). Conclusions: If brain venous outflow T° (JB) accurately reflects brain T°, NP T° is a safe surrogate indicator of cooling. During rewarming, all peripheral sites underestimate brain temperature and caution is required to avoid hyperthermic arterial inflow, which may inadvertently, result in brain hyperthermia.

Key Words: Cardiopulmonary bypass • Temperature monitoring • Hypothermia • Hypothermic circulatory arrest

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