Thermal comfort assessment of a surgical room through computational fluid dynamics using local PMV index.BACKGROUND
 Studies concerning indoor thermal conditions are very important in defining the satisfactory comfort range in health care facilities.


 This study focuses on the evaluation of the thermal comfort sensation felt by surgeons and nurses, in an orthopaedic surgical room of a Portuguese hospital.


 Using average ventilation values to calculate the PMV index does not provide a correct and enough descriptive evaluation of the surgical room thermal environment. 
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