Based on the results of a chart review, researchers determined mild perioperative hypothermia appeared to be unrelated to wound complications. Using the medical charts of 1,062 patients who underwent ...

Maintaining "normothermia" (the condition of normal body temperature) in patients during surgical procedures is extremely important in not only saving lives but controlling costs, which is why it is ...

Perioperative hypothermia, defined as a core body temperature below 36°C during the pre-, intra-, or postoperative phases, remains a significant concern in surgical care. This condition not only ...

A clinical practice guideline on Perioperative hypothermia (inadvertent) is being developed for use in the NHS in England and Wales. Registered stakeholders for the this guideline are invited to ...

Background: 25–90% of all patients undergoing elective surgery suffer from inadvertent postoperative hypothermia, i.e., a core body temperature below 36°C. Compared to normothermic patients, these ...

A study shows that hypothermia occurs in around half of patients undergoing surgery, despite national guidelines for its prevention. A study presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Berlin ...

A study published in the AORN Journal reveals patients who receive forced-air warming perioperatively had temperatures that reached or were maintained at 36 degrees Celsius or higher within 15 minutes ...

Intraoperative warming to slightly below body temperature, with the goal of mitigating risks from prolonged hypothermia, is common throughout the developed world for patients undergoing noncardiac ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A warm air blanket may be preferred to a heated mattress during arthroplasty surgery. Patients treated with a ...