Use of an Esophageal Heat Exchanger to Maintain Core Temperature during Burn Excisions and to Attenuate Pyrexia on the Burns Intensive Care Unit

Figure 3

Haemodynamics and temperatures for Procedure 3. Systolic pressure (mmHg): ; diastolic pressure (mmHg): ; heart rate (beats per minute): ; target temperature (°C): grey solid line; ambient temperature (°C): grey dashed line; peripheral temperature (°C): black solid line; Bladder Temperature (°C): black dashed line; Tympanic Temperature (°C): black dash-dot line. Although the temperature management unit is capable of generating a water temperature as low as 4°C, on this occasion the operator set the parameters such that the circulating water temperature did not fall below 10°C during this cooling maneuver.