Is the nasopharynx warmer in children than in adults?
| Autor: | Anthony Busuttil, Neil Molony, A.I.G Kerr, C. Caroline Blackwell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics business.industry Inflammatory response Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sudden infant death syndrome Pathology and Forensic Medicine Surgery Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.anatomical_structure Genetics medicine Etiology Nasopharyngeal temperature General anaesthesia business Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. 3:157-160 |
| ISSN: | 1353-1131 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1353-1131(96)90020-6 |
| Popis: | Recent studies on the aetiology of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have suggested that some of these deaths are the consequence of an overwhelming inflammatory response to the production of pyrogenic toxins from bacteria colonizing the upper respiratory tract, particularly the nasopharynx. The pyrogenic toxins of Staphlococcus aureus, one of the likelier bacterial candidates, are only produced in temperatures of over 37 degrees C. This study examined nasopharyngeal temperatures in children. It is a preliminary study to develop an accurate means to measure how close to 37 degrees C the nasopharyngeal temperature lies in infants at the age when SIDS deaths occur. Following a pilot study and power calculation, measurements of nasopharyngeal temperature were made on 30 apyrexial children aged 4-10 years and 30 adults with no nasal pathology, undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia, using an accurately sited thermocouple probe. The mean temperature in children (35.64 degrees C) was significantly higher than in adults (34.01 degrees C). Comparable measurements attempted with the same subjects awake gave similar results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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