Effect of Prewarming on Perioperative Hypothermia in Patients Undergoing Loco-Regional or General Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Redistribution hypothermia occurs during anesthesia despite active intraoperative warming. Prewarming increases the heat absorption by peripheral tissue, reducing the central to peripheral heat gradient. Therefore, the addition of prewarming may offer a greater preservation of intraoperative normothermia as compared to intraoperative warming only. Materials and Methods: A single-center clinical trial of adults scheduled for non-cardiac surgery. Patients were randomized to receive or not a prewarming period (at least 10 min) with convective air devices. Intraoperative temperature management was identical in both groups and performed according to a local protocol. The primary endpoint was the incidence, the magnitude and the duration of hypothermia (a

SUBMITTER: Recio-Perez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10744774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature