The purpose of the study is to assess the temperature changes that take place throughout the body in a real world setting, when a patient is given general anaesthesia. Specifically we will investigate the movement of body heat from the core to the peripheries at the beginning of surgery. This will be measures with a series of temperature sensors and infrared thermography
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The change in core - peripheral temperature gradient
Timeframe: At 25 minutes following induction of anaesthesia