Comparison of prewarming plus intraoperative warming with intraoperative warming alone in patients undergoing minimally invasive thoracic or abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prewarming has been recommended to reduce intraoperative hypothermia. However, the evidence is unclear. This review examined if prewarming can prevent intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries.

Methods

PubMed, CENTRAL, Web of Science, and Embase databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) up to 15th January 2024. The primary outcome of interest was the difference in intraoperative core temperature. The secondary outcomes were intraoperative hypothermia (<36°) and postoperative shivering.

Results

Seven RCTs were eligible. Meta-analysis showed that intraoperative core temperature was significantly higher at the start or within 30mins of the start of the surgery (MD: 0.32 95% CI: 0.15, 0.50 I2

SUBMITTER: Ding N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404788 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature