Incidence and associated factors of perioperative hypothermia in adult patients at a university-based, tertiary care hospital in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is an unintentional drop in core body temperature to less than 36 °C perioperatively and is associated with many negative outcomes such as infection, a prolonged stay in a recovery room, and decreased patient comfort.

Objective

To determine the incidence of postoperative hypothermia and to identify the associated factors with postoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing head, neck, breast, general, urology, and vascular surgery. The incidences of pre- and intraoperative hypothermia were examined as the intermediate outcomes.

Materials and methods

A retrospective chart review was conducted in adult patients undergoing surgery at a university hospital in a developing country for two months (October to November 2019).

SUBMITTER: Wongyingsinn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature