Abstract
In anesthesia for eye and oral surgery, where the whole body of a patient is covered with sheets, the body temperature during operation, especially the head, is thought to be higher than that during operation on other parts.
The body temperatures of the rectum, the tympanic membrane and the deep body temperatures of forehead during surgery were measured in children under six years of age, when they underwent eye and oral surgery under enflurane anesthesia. As a result, the body temperature was found to increase in all regions. The deep body temperatures of forehead and the tympanic membrane temperature were significantly higher than that of the rectum. There is a possibility that such a body temperature elevation may induce convulsion. Because enflurane, which is generally used together with epinephrine, has activity to reduce the seizure theshould. Measurement of the body temperature of the tympanic membrane was considered to be useful as a monitor for body temperature during anesthesia for eye and oral surgery.
