Effect of Hot Water Bottle and Cloth Blanket on Rectal Temperature During Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head in Cats Under General Anesthesia
Ruxandra Pavel, Cristina Fernoagă, Alexandru Gabriel Neagu, Ruxandra Costea, Carmen Solcan, Gheorghe Solcan · 2024
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Description
Ruxandra Pavel and co-authors present a 2024 veterinary study on keeping anesthetized cats warm inside an MRI scanner. Scanner rooms are cold, anesthesia suppresses temperature control, and most warming gear cannot enter the magnet's field. Thirty cats having head scans were split between a blanket alone and a blanket plus a silicone hot water bottle tucked under the belly.
Both groups cooled, but unequally. After an hour of scanning, the blanket-only cats averaged thirty-seven degrees, while the bottle group held at thirty-eight, a statistically clear gap. Temperatures had already dipped slightly after sedation. The authors conclude a simple hot water bottle, cheap and scanner-safe, meaningfully protects cats from hypothermia during imaging.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ruxandra Pavel, Cristina Fernoagă, Alexandru Gabriel Neagu, Ruxandra Costea, Carmen Solcan, Gheorghe Solcan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |