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Understanding the use of tympanic thermometry in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit: A discussion paper

Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2022
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) is an uncomfortable, dangerous and costly but preventable complication of surgery. For perioperative nurses to treat this condition, they must first have an accurate means of detecting it.
James Halford, Paula Foran
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Comparison of Warm Touch Forced Air Warming System vs Routine Care in Increasing Tympanic Temperature and FOUR Score

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2021
Background: Delayed awakening is one of the biggest challenges after general anesthesia and surgery. Hypothermia is common after coronary artery bypass surgery, and even mild hypothermia can cause severe complications after surgery.
Sohila Esfandiari, Abdolrasoul Anvaripour, Kamran Mirzaei, Shahnaz Pouladi, Sharif Sharifi   +4 more
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Evaluation of the physiological changes in prehospital health‐care providers influenced by environmental factors in the summer of 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2021
Aim Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential to prevent infection transmission, but the risk of heatstroke increases with wearing PPE in a humid and hot environment.
Shota Tanaka, Koshi Nakagawa, Yuki Ozone, Yuuki Kaneko, Shota Sugiki, Genki Hoshino, Shunsuke Saito, Arisa Minami, Hideharu Tanaka   +8 more
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An Imaging‐Guided, Patient‐Specific Guiding Aid (RWNGuide) for Safe and Reproducible Inner Ear Drug Delivery

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A patient‐specific, imaging‐guided aid enables precise and reproducible drug delivery to the inner ear. By guiding therapeutic agents directly to the round window niche, this approach reduces variability in drug localization, improves delivery safety, and addresses a critical bottleneck in inner ear therapy, offering a scalable strategy for precision ...
Yanjing Luo, Shanshan Jiang, Yimian Luo, Adele Moatti, Farnaz Matin‐Mann   +4 more
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Molecular and Cellular Hallmarks of Age‐Related Vestibular Hair Cell Degeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study utilizes single‐cell RNA‐seq transcriptomes, advanced imaging, and electrophysiology to examine universal and cell‐type‐specific aging signatures of vestibular hair cells. The study shows that impaired hair bundle function is a key driver of age‐related vestibular dysfunction.
Samadhi Kulasooriya, Huizhan Liu, Sarath Vijayakumar, Celia Bloom, Zhenhang Xu, Shu Tu, Benjamin J. Borgmeier, Mi Zhou, Litao Tao, Bechara Kachar, David Z. He   +10 more
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Validity of the Use of Wrist and Forehead Temperatures in Screening the General Population for COVID-19: A Prospective Real-World Study

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: We aimed to compare the accuracy of individuals’ wrist and forehead temperatures with their tympanic temperature under different circumstances.
Ge CHEN, Jiarong XIE, Guangli DAI, Peijun ZHENG, Xiaqing HU, Hongpeng LU LU, Lei XU, Xueqin CHEN, Xiaomin CHEN   +8 more
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Studying the Accuracy and Function of Different Thermometry Techniques for Measuring Body Temperature

Biology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine which thermometry technique is the most accurate for regular measurement of body temperature. We compared seven different commercially available thermometers with a gold standard medical-grade thermometer (Welch-
Aaron James Mah, Leili Ghazi Zadeh, Mahta Khoshnam Tehrani, Shahbaz Askari, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Babak Shadgan   +5 more
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Maternal infection in the context of actively managed prelabor rupture of membranes at term: An observational study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To assess maternal infection following prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM) at term in a setting where active management is recommended, and to identify associated risk factors. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted including pregnant women admitted to a Portuguese tertiary care center where immediate induction of labor ...
Inês Martins, Inês Gomes Brou, Miguel Macedo, Luísa Pinto   +3 more
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Predicting cochlear structural alterations from auditory function in age‐related hearing loss mice based on optical coherence tomography

Journal of Intelligent Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract With global population aging, age‐related hearing loss has become a major public health concern. Understanding the relationship between auditory functional decline and cochlear structural degeneration is essential for early detection and precise intervention.
Shu Zheng, Zhiqi Li, Junyue Wang, Guangjian Ni   +3 more
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Changes in body temperature of critically ill patients submitted to bed bathing: a crossover clinical trial [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to compare tympanic and axillary body temperature values of critical patients before and after the traditional and dry bed bath. Methods: this is a randomized, open crossover clinical trial conducted with 50 adult critical patients.
Luana Vieira Toledo, Bárbara Xavier dos Santos, Patrícia de Oliveira Salgado, Laylla Meireles de Souza, Lídia Miranda Brinati, Carla de Fátima Januário, Flávia Falci Ercole   +6 more
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