University Medical Centre Maribor

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Education

Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management

Melissa I. Naiman^1,2, Maria Gray², Joseph Haymore³, Ahmed F. Hegazy⁴, Andrej Markota⁵, Neeraj Badjatia⁶, Erik B. Kulstad^2,7

¹Center for Advanced Design, Research, and Exploration, University of Illinois at Chicago, ²Attune Medical, ³University of Maryland School of Nursing, ⁴University of Western Ontario, ⁵University Medical Centre Maribor, ⁶University of Maryland, ⁷Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

This study presents a novel method to provide efficient patient temperature control for cooling or warming patients. A single use, triple lumen device is placed into the esophagus, analogous to a standard orogastric tube, and connects to existing heat exchange units to perform automatic patient temperature management.

Bioengineering

Morphometric Protocol for the Objective Assessment of Blastocyst Behavior During Vitrification and Warming Steps

Marjan Taborin¹, Borut Kovačič¹

¹Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Medical Centre Maribor

Here we present a time-lapse morphometric protocol to follow the intensity of blastocyst shrinkage and re-expansion during previtrification interventions and post-warming recovery. The application of the protocol is possible in in vitro fertilization laboratories equipped with time-lapse microscopes and is recommended in the development of an optimal blastocyst vitrification method.