Reducing Intraoperative Hypothermia in Infants from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT: Infants from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) undergoing surgery in the operating room (OR) are at greater risk for hypothermia during surgery than afterward due to environmental heat loss, anesthesia, and inconsistent temperature monitoring. A multidisciplinary team aimed to reduce hypothermia (<36.1 °C) for infants at a level IV NICU at the beginning of the operation (first OR temperature) or at any time during the operation (lowest OR temperature) by 25%.

Methods

The team followed preoperative, intraoperative (first, lowest, and last OR), and postoperative temperatures. It sought to reduce intraoperative hypothermia using the "Model for Improvement" by standardizing temperature monitoring, transport, and OR warming, including raising ambient OR temperatures to 74°F. Temper

SUBMITTER: Studer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10332830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature