Perioperative hypothermia prevention: development of simple principles and practice recommendations using a multidisciplinary consensus-based approach.

ABSTRACT: To develop a consensus on evidence-based principles and recommendations for perioperative hypothermia prevention in the Australian context. This study was informed by CAN-IMPLEMENT using the ADAPTE process: (1) formation of a multidisciplinary development team; (2) systematic search process identifying existing guidance for perioperative hypothermia prevention; (3) appraisal using the AGREE II Rigor of Development domain; (4) extraction of recommendations from guidelines meeting a quality threshold using the AGREE-REX tool; (5) review of draft principles and recommendations by multidisciplinary clinicians nationally and (6) subsequent round of discussion, drafting, reflection and revision by the original panel member team. Australian perioperative departments. Registered nurses, anaestheti

SUBMITTER: Munday J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10649611 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature