Background: Patient outcomes are influenced by intraoperative temperature management. Oesophageal/\npharyngeal temperature monitoring is the standard of care at our institute but is not well tolerated in awake\npatients. Many non-invasive temperature monitors have been studied. Only the TraxIt® Wearable Childrenâ??s\nUnderarm Thermometer which contains liquid crystals that undergo phase changes according to temperature is\navailable at our institution. We tested these non-invasive monitors against our standard of care which is the\noesophageal/pharyngeal temperature monitor.\nMethods: We conducted a prospective observational study of 100 patients receiving general anaesthesia for\nelective surgery. ....................................
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