Quantifying and Trending the Thermal Signal as an Index of Perfusion in Patients Sedated with Propofol.

We examined the feasibility of a thermal imager smart phone attachment as a potential proxy of skin perfusion by assessing shifts in skin temperature following administration of the vasodilatory anesthetic propofol. Four limb distal extremity thermal images were taken before propofol administration and at 5-min intervals thereafter during monitored anesthesia. The study enrolled 60 patients with ages ranging from 1.

Utility of feeding jejunostomy tubes in pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background: Routine placement of jejunostomy tubes (JT) during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is controversial.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients undergoing PD from 1/1/08 through 12/31/14 was performed. The patients were divided into groups by placement of JT.