FIELD: cardiac surgery. SUBSTANCE: immediately before cooling, in the course of hypothermic protection and subsequent warming, temperature of skin is registered in 10 points. Simultaneously, rectal and oesophageal temperatures are measured. Then, enthalpy and actual heat losses are calculated for each instant time to achieve required degree of patient's cooling. As duration of blood circulation shutoff during the operation is determined by degree of cooling, method allows reliable planning of occlusion duration. EFFECT: increased safety of perfusionless hypothermic protection and subsequent warming. 2 tbl
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1998-12-20—Published
1995-10-20—Filed