{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T16:24:30Z","timestamp":1783009470764,"version":"3.54.5"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Context:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pediatric patients are exceptionally vulnerable to intraoperative hypothermia due to their anatomical characteristics and the thermoregulatory impairment caused by anesthetic agents. Accurate core temperature monitoring is critical.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of noninvasive carotid artery surface and axillary surface temperatures against standard nasopharyngeal core temperature in children under general anesthesia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective, randomized, double-blind observational study conducted at a tertiary care hospital.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Subjects and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 130 children (American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status I\u2013II, aged 1\u20136 years) undergoing elective surgeries lasting over 2 h were randomized into two equal cohorts (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 65 each). Postintubation, Group A had nasopharyngeal and axillary probes placed, while Group B received nasopharyngeal and carotid surface probes. Temperature and hemodynamic parameters were recorded at 15-min intervals for 120 min.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Statistical Analysis Used:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The independent Student\u2019s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test, Pearson\u2019s correlation, and Bland\u2013Altman analysis were utilized (SPSS v26.0).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Carotid artery surface temperature strongly correlated with nasopharyngeal temperature, displaying a minimal mean bias of 0.10\u00b0C (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &gt; 0.05). Conversely, axillary temperature significantly underestimated core temperature by 1.0\u00b0C to 1.3\u00b0C throughout the intraoperative period (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001). Hemodynamic parameters remained comparable across both the groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Carotid artery surface thermometry is a highly reliable and noninvasive alternative to nasopharyngeal core temperature monitoring, whereas axillary temperature lacks sufficient accuracy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/aam.aam_280_26","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T16:10:54Z","timestamp":1783008654000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparison of Carotid Artery Surface Temperature versus Axillary Surface Temperature in Children Undergoing Surgeries under General Anesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"Sonal Sagar","family":"Khatavkar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anaesthesiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashish","family":"Erry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anaesthesiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. 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