PMID: 9187790Jun 1, 1997Paper

Heat conservation vs convective warming in adults undergoing elective surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie
N PatelJ F Hagen

Abstract

To determine the relative efficacy of heat conservation and convective warming in maintaining perioperative normothermia, (central temperature > or = 36 degrees C). Thirty-seven patients undergoing elective gynaecological, orthopaedic, or general surgery scheduled to last two hours were prospectively studied. Patients were randomized to one of two groups. Group 1 patients received heat conservation with reflective blankets (Thermadrape, Vital Signs, Inc., Totowa, NJ) applied preoperatively and warmed i.v. fluids (Hotline SIMS Level I Technologies, Inc, Rockland, MA), Group 2 patients received convective warming (BairHugger, Augustine Medical Inc., Eden Prairie, MN) after induction of anaesthesia and i.v. fluids at room temperature. All patients received general anaesthesia with isoflurane. Tympanic membrane and forearm-fingertip skin temperature gradients were measured perioperatively at 15 min intervals. Central temperature decreased after induction to a minimum level of 35.9 +/- 0.1 degrees C in group 1 and 36.0 +/- 0.1 degrees C in group 2 and then increased towards pre-induction values in group 2, and were higher (P < 0.05) than in group 1: 95% group 2 patients had central temperature > or = 36.0 degrees C at the end of sur...Continue Reading

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Jun 21, 2008·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Karl WagnerCharles E Smith
Aug 14, 1998·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia·C E SmithK F Hagen
Apr 14, 2015·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Gillian CampbellSheryl Warttig
Apr 22, 2016·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Eva MadridPablo Alonso-Coello
Jul 18, 2015·Critical Care Medicine·Bomi ParkAxel Rosengart
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