Blood circulation temperature index as an indicator of wound process flow state

Abstract

Summary: the application of the circulatory temperature index is possible in surgical practice to diagnose and evaluate the local inflammatory process. The aim of the study was to identify the dependence of the circulatory temperature index on the level of pain, blood leukocytes, the degree of swelling, infiltration, exudation, hyperemia of the operating wound area and body temperature. The materials of the present study are presented by the results of indicators on the first, third and fifth days of the postoperative period of 258 patients who underwent emergency or planned treatment in a surgical hospital. The assessment of the level of indices was calculated on a point scale, the circulatory temperature index by the formula considering body temperature, the temperature of the studied skin area and the temperature of the environment. The study showed that circulatory temperature index is directly related to white blood cell levels. Also, CTI is associated with the level of hyperemia of the postoperative wound area. All these data could spur subsequent studies to compile a more accurate dependence of CTIs and inflammatory process indicators of the postoperative wound area.