Intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing Total knee arthroplasty: a cross-sectional study from a developing country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraoperative hypothermia is associated with various risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), increasing the emotional and financial burden on patients. This study aimed to identify risk factors of intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing TKA.

Materials and methods

All adult patients (⩾18 years) who underwent TKA from January 2016 to December 2017 at a tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan were included in this retrospective, cross-sectional study. Temperature < 36 °C was defined as hypothermia.

Results

The study included 286 patients (77.6% female) with a mean age of 61.4 ± 10.4 years. The overall proportion of intraoperative hypothermia was 26.6%. Of the total patients, 66.1% underwent bilateral T

SUBMITTER: Ukrani RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature