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    Input: BACKGROUND Mild perioperative hypothermia , which is common during major surgery , may promote surgical-wound infection by triggering thermoregulatory vasoconstriction , which decreases subcutaneous oxygen tension . Reduced levels of oxygen in tissue impair oxidative killing by neutrophils and decrease the strength of the healing wound by reducing the deposition of collagen . Hypothermia also directly impairs immune function . We tested the hypothesis that hypothermia both increases susceptibility to surgical-wound infection and lengthens hospitalization . METHODS Two hundred patients undergoing colorectal surgery were r and omly assigned to routine intraoperative thermal care ( the hypothermia group ) or additional warming ( the normothermia group ) . The patient 's anesthetic care was st and ardized , and they were all given cefam and ole and metronidazole . In a double-blind protocol , their wounds were evaluated daily until discharge from the hospital and in the clinic after two weeks ; wounds containing culture-positive pus were considered infected . The patients ' surgeons remained unaware of the patients ' group assignments . RESULTS The mean ( + /- SD ) final intraoperative core temperature was 34.7 + /- 0.6 degrees C in the hypothermia group and 36.6 + /- 0.5 degrees C in the normothermia group ( P < 0.001 ) Surgical-wound infections were found in 18 of 96 patients assigned to hypothermia ( 19 percent ) but in only 6 of 104 patients assigned to normothermia ( 6 percent , P = 0.009 ) . The sutures were removed one day later in the patients assigned to hypothermia than in those assigned to normothermia ( P = 0.002 ) , and the duration of hospitalization was prolonged by 2.6 days ( approximately 20 percent ) in hypothermia group ( P = 0.01 ) . CONCLUSIONS Hypothermia itself may delay healing and predispose patients to wound infections . Maintaining normothermia intraoperatively is likely to decrease the incidence of infectious complications in patients undergoing colorectal resection and to shorten their hospitalizations BACKGROUND In-vitro studies indicate that platelet function and the coagulation cascade are impaired by hypothermia . However , the extent to which perioperative hypothermia influences bleeding during surgery remains unknown . Accordingly , we tested the hypothesis that mild hypothermia increases blood loss and allogeneic transfusion requirements during hip arthroplasty . METHODS Blood loss and transfusion requirements were evaluated in 60 patients undergoing primary , unilateral total hip arthroplasties who were r and omly assigned to normothermia ( final intraoperative core temperature 36.6 [ 0.4 ] degrees C ) or mild hypothermia ( 35.0 [ 0.5 ] degrees C ) .  Crystalloid , colloid , scavenged red cells , and allogeneic blood were administered by strict protocol . FINDINGS Intra- and postoperative blood loss was significantly greater in the hypothermic patients : 2.2 ( 0.5 ) L vs 1.7 ( 0.3 ) L , p < 0.001 ) . Eight units of allogeneic packed red cells were required in seven of the 30 hypothermic patients , whereas only one normothermic patient required a unit of allogeneic blood ( p < 0.05 for administered volume ) . A typical decrease in core temperature in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty will thus augment blood loss by approximately 500 mL. INTERPRETATION The maintenance of intraoperative normothermia reduces blood loss and allogeneic blood requirements in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty Postoperative hypothermia is common and associated with adverse hemodynamic consequences , including adrenergically mediated systemic vasoconstriction and hypertension . Hypothermia is also a known predictor of dysrhythmias and myocardial ischemia in high-risk patients . We describe a prospect i ve , r and omized trial design ed to test the hypothesis that forced-air warming ( FAW ) provides improved hemodynamic variables after coronary artery bypass graft . After institutional review board approval and written informed consent , 149 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft were r and omized to receive postoperative warming with either FAW ( n = 81 ) or a circulating water mattress ( n = 68 ) . Core temperature was measured at the tympanic membrane . A weighted mean skin temperature was calculated . Heart rate , mean arterial blood pressure , central venous pressure , cardiac output , and systemic vascular resistance were monitored for 22 h postoperatively . Mean arterial blood pressure was maintained by protocol between 70 and 80 mm Hg by titration of nitroglycerin and sodium nitroprusside . The two groups had similar demographic characteristics . Tympanic and mean skin temperatures were similar between groups on intensive care unit admission . During postoperative rewarming , tympanic temperature was similar between groups , but mean skin temperature was significantly greater in the FAW group ( P < 0.05 ) . Heart rate , mean arterial pressure , central venous pressure , cardiac output , and systemic vascular resistance were similar for the two groups . The percent of patients requiring nitroprusside to achieve the hemodynamic goals was less ( P < 0.05 ) in the FAW group . In conclusion , aggressive cutaneous warming with FAW results in a higher mean skin temperature and a decreased requirement for vasodilator therapy in hypothermic patients after cardiac surgery . This most likely reflects attenuation of the adrenergic response or opening of cutaneous vascular beds as a result of surface warming . Implication s Forced-air warming after cardiac surgery decreases the requirement for vasodilator drugs and may be beneficial in maintaining hemodynamic variables within predefined limits BACKGROUND Even mild perioperative hypothermia is associated with several severe adverse effects . Resistive heating has possible advantages compared with other active warming systems because it can heat several fields independently . To assess this new warming system , we measured core temperature in patients during surgery who were warmed with circulating water mattresses , forced air covers or resistive heating covers . METHODS Twenty-four patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were r and omly assigned to ( i ) circulating water mattress ( 38 degrees C ) , ( ii ) forced air warming ( set to ' medium ' ) or ( iii ) carbon-fibre resistive warming ( 38 degrees C ) . Warming was applied throughout anaesthesia and surgery . The groups were compared using one-way ANOVA and Student-Newman-Keuls tests . RESULTS Confounding factors were similar among the groups . Core temperatures in each group decreased for 20 min , but subsequently increased in the forced air and resistive heating groups . There was no significant difference between the forced air and resistive heating groups at any time . In contrast , core temperature in the circulating water group continued to decrease . Consequently , core temperature in the circulating water group was significantly lower than in the other groups 30 min after anaesthetic induction and at later times . CONCLUSIONS Resistive heating maintains core body temperature as well as forced air heating and both are better than circulating water . Resistive heating offers the advantage of adjustable heating pods OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of using fluid warming and forced-air warming system on  patient core temperature , blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time , and postoperative shivering .  METHODS Forty ASA ( American Society of Anesthesiologists ' Physical Status ) I-II patients , aged 21 - 69 years , scheduled for elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia , were enrolled in the study . The patients were premedicated with intramuscular dolantin 50 mg and atropine 0.5 mg . Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 1 mg , fentanyl 50 - 100 microg and propofol 1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg . Tracheal intubation was facilitated with vecuronium 1 mg and succinylcholine 1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg . The patients were mechanically ventilated and anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane 1.5 - 2.0 % , 50 % N2O in oxygen and intermittent iv boluses of fentanyl ( total dose 5 - 6 microg/kg ) . Vecuronium was used for muscle relaxation during maintenance of anesthesia . The patients were r and omly divided into 2 groups : control group ( n = 20 ) and warming group ( n = 20 ) . In both groups , the patients were covered with surgery blanket . In the warming group , patients were additionally warmed with fluid warming device and forced-air warming system during the operation . The core temperature was recorded every 20 minutes during the operation , as well as the blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time and postoperative shivering . RESULTS The core temperature at the end of the surgery was ( 36.4 + /- 0.4 ) degrees C in the warming group and ( 35.3 + /- 0.5 ) degrees C in the control group . The difference was statistically significant ( t = 7.547 , P < 0.001 ) . There was no significant difference of blood loss and blood transfusion between two groups . The extubation time was significantly shorter in the warming group [ ( 18 + /- 6 ) vs ( 26 + /- 10 ) min , t = -3.364 , P = 0.002 ] . 6 patients shivered postoperatively in the control group and none in the warming group ( chi2 = 7.059 , P = 0.008 ) . CONCLUSION Fluid warming system and forced-air warming system can effectively maintain normothermia during the surgery and then help to reduce the extubation time and postoperative shivering OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of intraoperative combined forced-air warming and fluid warming system on  patient 's core temperature , blood loss , transfusion dem and , extubation time , and incidence of postoperative shivering . METHODS Forty patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II , aged 18 - 70 years , scheduled for elective abdominal surgery were r and omly assigned to receive intraoperative warming from a forced-air blanket and fluid warming system or conventional cotton blanket , 20 in each group . The core temperature was recorded every 20 minutes during the operation , as well as the blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time , and incidence of postoperative shivering . RESULTS The core temperature at the end of the surgery in the warming group was significantly different from that in the control group ( 36.4 + /- 0.4 degrees C vs. 35.3 + /- 0.5 degrees C , P < 0.001 ) . Application of intraoperative warming significantly shortened the time between the end of the surgery and extubation ( P < 0.01 ) . Postoperative shivering occurred in 30 % of the patients in the control group compared to no patient in the warming group ( P < 0.01 ) . CONCLUSION Active warming with air-forced blanket and fluid warming system provides sufficient heat to prevent hypothermia during abdominal surgery BACKGROUND We hypothesized that normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass ( CPB ) would be associated with decreased blood loss and allogeneic transfusion requirements relative to hypothermic CPB . METHODS After obtaining institutional review board approval and informed patient consent , we conducted a prospect i ve , r and omized study of 79 patients undergoing CPB for a primary cardiac operation at normothermic ( 37 degrees C ) ( n = 44 ) or hypothermic temperature ( 25 degrees C ) ( n = 35 ) .  Blood loss and transfusion requirements in the operating room and for the first 24 hours in the intensive care unit were determined . A paired t test and rank sum tests were used . A p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant . RESULTS The normothermic and hypothermic CPB groups did not differ in demographic variables , CPB or cross-clamp duration , heparin sodium or protamine sulfate dose , prothrombin time , or thromboelastogram results . There were no differences between the two CPB groups in blood loss or transfusion requirements . CONCLUSIONS We found that when there was no difference in duration of CPB , normothermic and hypothermic CPB groups demonstrated similar blood loss and transfusion requirements even though other studies have shown hypothermia induces platelet dysfunction and alters the activity of the coagulation cascade STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of intraoperative skin-surface warming with and without 1 hour of preoperative warming , in preventing intraoperative hypothermia , and postoperative hypothermia , and shivering , and in offering good conditions to early tracheal extubation . DESIGN Prospect i ve , r and omized , blind study . SETTING Teaching hospital . PATIENTS 30 ASA physical status I and II female patients scheduled for elective abdominal surgery . INTERVENTIONS Patients received st and ard general anesthesia . In 10 patients , no special pre caution s were taken to avoid hypothermia . Ten patients were su bmi tted to preoperative and intraoperative active warming . Ten patients were only warmed intraoperatively . MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Temperatures were recorded at 15-minute intervals . The patients who were warmed preoperatively and intraoperatively had core temperatures significantly more elevated than the other patients during the first two hours of anesthesia . All patients warmed intraoperatively were normothermic only at the end of the surgery . The majority of the patients warmed preoperatively and intraoperatively or intraoperatively 
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In the fixed effect model , the warming group had significantly less pain and lower incidence of wound infection , compared with the no-warming group .
In the r and om effect model , the warming group was also associated with lower risk of post-anesthetic shivering .
Both in the r and om and the fixed effect models , the warming group was associated with significantly less blood loss .
Perioperative warming of surgical patients is effective in reducing postoperative wound pain , wound infection and shivering .
Systemic warming of the surgical patient is also associated with less perioperative blood loss through preventing hypothermia-induced coagulopathy .
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    Input: BACKGROUND Mild perioperative hypothermia , which is common during major surgery , may promote surgical-wound infection by triggering thermoregulatory vasoconstriction , which decreases subcutaneous oxygen tension . Reduced levels of oxygen in tissue impair oxidative killing by neutrophils and decrease the strength of the healing wound by reducing the deposition of collagen . Hypothermia also directly impairs immune function . We tested the hypothesis that hypothermia both increases susceptibility to surgical-wound infection and lengthens hospitalization . METHODS Two hundred patients undergoing colorectal surgery were r and omly assigned to routine intraoperative thermal care ( the hypothermia group ) or additional warming ( the normothermia group ) . The patient 's anesthetic care was st and ardized , and they were all given cefam and ole and metronidazole . In a double-blind protocol , their wounds were evaluated daily until discharge from the hospital and in the clinic after two weeks ; wounds containing culture-positive pus were considered infected . The patients ' surgeons remained unaware of the patients ' group assignments . RESULTS The mean ( + /- SD ) final intraoperative core temperature was 34.7 + /- 0.6 degrees C in the hypothermia group and 36.6 + /- 0.5 degrees C in the normothermia group ( P < 0.001 ) Surgical-wound infections were found in 18 of 96 patients assigned to hypothermia ( 19 percent ) but in only 6 of 104 patients assigned to normothermia ( 6 percent , P = 0.009 ) . The sutures were removed one day later in the patients assigned to hypothermia than in those assigned to normothermia ( P = 0.002 ) , and the duration of hospitalization was prolonged by 2.6 days ( approximately 20 percent ) in hypothermia group ( P = 0.01 ) . CONCLUSIONS Hypothermia itself may delay healing and predispose patients to wound infections . Maintaining normothermia intraoperatively is likely to decrease the incidence of infectious complications in patients undergoing colorectal resection and to shorten their hospitalizations BACKGROUND In-vitro studies indicate that platelet function and the coagulation cascade are impaired by hypothermia . However , the extent to which perioperative hypothermia influences bleeding during surgery remains unknown . Accordingly , we tested the hypothesis that mild hypothermia increases blood loss and allogeneic transfusion requirements during hip arthroplasty . METHODS Blood loss and transfusion requirements were evaluated in 60 patients undergoing primary , unilateral total hip arthroplasties who were r and omly assigned to normothermia ( final intraoperative core temperature 36.6 [ 0.4 ] degrees C ) or mild hypothermia ( 35.0 [ 0.5 ] degrees C ) .  Crystalloid , colloid , scavenged red cells , and allogeneic blood were administered by strict protocol . FINDINGS Intra- and postoperative blood loss was significantly greater in the hypothermic patients : 2.2 ( 0.5 ) L vs 1.7 ( 0.3 ) L , p < 0.001 ) . Eight units of allogeneic packed red cells were required in seven of the 30 hypothermic patients , whereas only one normothermic patient required a unit of allogeneic blood ( p < 0.05 for administered volume ) . A typical decrease in core temperature in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty will thus augment blood loss by approximately 500 mL. INTERPRETATION The maintenance of intraoperative normothermia reduces blood loss and allogeneic blood requirements in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty Postoperative hypothermia is common and associated with adverse hemodynamic consequences , including adrenergically mediated systemic vasoconstriction and hypertension . Hypothermia is also a known predictor of dysrhythmias and myocardial ischemia in high-risk patients . We describe a prospect i ve , r and omized trial design ed to test the hypothesis that forced-air warming ( FAW ) provides improved hemodynamic variables after coronary artery bypass graft . After institutional review board approval and written informed consent , 149 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft were r and omized to receive postoperative warming with either FAW ( n = 81 ) or a circulating water mattress ( n = 68 ) . Core temperature was measured at the tympanic membrane . A weighted mean skin temperature was calculated . Heart rate , mean arterial blood pressure , central venous pressure , cardiac output , and systemic vascular resistance were monitored for 22 h postoperatively . Mean arterial blood pressure was maintained by protocol between 70 and 80 mm Hg by titration of nitroglycerin and sodium nitroprusside . The two groups had similar demographic characteristics . Tympanic and mean skin temperatures were similar between groups on intensive care unit admission . During postoperative rewarming , tympanic temperature was similar between groups , but mean skin temperature was significantly greater in the FAW group ( P < 0.05 ) . Heart rate , mean arterial pressure , central venous pressure , cardiac output , and systemic vascular resistance were similar for the two groups . The percent of patients requiring nitroprusside to achieve the hemodynamic goals was less ( P < 0.05 ) in the FAW group . In conclusion , aggressive cutaneous warming with FAW results in a higher mean skin temperature and a decreased requirement for vasodilator therapy in hypothermic patients after cardiac surgery . This most likely reflects attenuation of the adrenergic response or opening of cutaneous vascular beds as a result of surface warming . Implication s Forced-air warming after cardiac surgery decreases the requirement for vasodilator drugs and may be beneficial in maintaining hemodynamic variables within predefined limits BACKGROUND Even mild perioperative hypothermia is associated with several severe adverse effects . Resistive heating has possible advantages compared with other active warming systems because it can heat several fields independently . To assess this new warming system , we measured core temperature in patients during surgery who were warmed with circulating water mattresses , forced air covers or resistive heating covers . METHODS Twenty-four patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were r and omly assigned to ( i ) circulating water mattress ( 38 degrees C ) , ( ii ) forced air warming ( set to ' medium ' ) or ( iii ) carbon-fibre resistive warming ( 38 degrees C ) . Warming was applied throughout anaesthesia and surgery . The groups were compared using one-way ANOVA and Student-Newman-Keuls tests . RESULTS Confounding factors were similar among the groups . Core temperatures in each group decreased for 20 min , but subsequently increased in the forced air and resistive heating groups . There was no significant difference between the forced air and resistive heating groups at any time . In contrast , core temperature in the circulating water group continued to decrease . Consequently , core temperature in the circulating water group was significantly lower than in the other groups 30 min after anaesthetic induction and at later times . CONCLUSIONS Resistive heating maintains core body temperature as well as forced air heating and both are better than circulating water . Resistive heating offers the advantage of adjustable heating pods OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of using fluid warming and forced-air warming system on  patient core temperature , blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time , and postoperative shivering .  METHODS Forty ASA ( American Society of Anesthesiologists ' Physical Status ) I-II patients , aged 21 - 69 years , scheduled for elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia , were enrolled in the study . The patients were premedicated with intramuscular dolantin 50 mg and atropine 0.5 mg . Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 1 mg , fentanyl 50 - 100 microg and propofol 1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg . Tracheal intubation was facilitated with vecuronium 1 mg and succinylcholine 1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg . The patients were mechanically ventilated and anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane 1.5 - 2.0 % , 50 % N2O in oxygen and intermittent iv boluses of fentanyl ( total dose 5 - 6 microg/kg ) . Vecuronium was used for muscle relaxation during maintenance of anesthesia . The patients were r and omly divided into 2 groups : control group ( n = 20 ) and warming group ( n = 20 ) . In both groups , the patients were covered with surgery blanket . In the warming group , patients were additionally warmed with fluid warming device and forced-air warming system during the operation . The core temperature was recorded every 20 minutes during the operation , as well as the blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time and postoperative shivering . RESULTS The core temperature at the end of the surgery was ( 36.4 + /- 0.4 ) degrees C in the warming group and ( 35.3 + /- 0.5 ) degrees C in the control group . The difference was statistically significant ( t = 7.547 , P < 0.001 ) . There was no significant difference of blood loss and blood transfusion between two groups . The extubation time was significantly shorter in the warming group [ ( 18 + /- 6 ) vs ( 26 + /- 10 ) min , t = -3.364 , P = 0.002 ] . 6 patients shivered postoperatively in the control group and none in the warming group ( chi2 = 7.059 , P = 0.008 ) . CONCLUSION Fluid warming system and forced-air warming system can effectively maintain normothermia during the surgery and then help to reduce the extubation time and postoperative shivering OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of intraoperative combined forced-air warming and fluid warming system on  patient 's core temperature , blood loss , transfusion dem and , extubation time , and incidence of postoperative shivering . METHODS Forty patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II , aged 18 - 70 years , scheduled for elective abdominal surgery were r and omly assigned to receive intraoperative warming from a forced-air blanket and fluid warming system or conventional cotton blanket , 20 in each group . The core temperature was recorded every 20 minutes during the operation , as well as the blood loss , blood transfusion , extubation time , and incidence of postoperative shivering . RESULTS The core temperature at the end of the surgery in the warming group was significantly different from that in the control group ( 36.4 + /- 0.4 degrees C vs. 35.3 + /- 0.5 degrees C , P < 0.001 ) . Application of intraoperative warming significantly shortened the time between the end of the surgery and extubation ( P < 0.01 ) . Postoperative shivering occurred in 30 % of the patients in the control group compared to no patient in the warming group ( P < 0.01 ) . CONCLUSION Active warming with air-forced blanket and fluid warming system provides sufficient heat to prevent hypothermia during abdominal surgery BACKGROUND We hypothesized that normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass ( CPB ) would be associated with decreased blood loss and allogeneic transfusion requirements relative to hypothermic CPB . METHODS After obtaining institutional review board approval and informed patient consent , we conducted a prospect i ve , r and omized study of 79 patients undergoing CPB for a primary cardiac operation at normothermic ( 37 degrees C ) ( n = 44 ) or hypothermic temperature ( 25 degrees C ) ( n = 35 ) .  Blood loss and transfusion requirements in the operating room and for the first 24 hours in the intensive care unit were determined . A paired t test and rank sum tests were used . A p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant . RESULTS The normothermic and hypothermic CPB groups did not differ in demographic variables , CPB or cross-clamp duration , heparin sodium or protamine sulfate dose , prothrombin time , or thromboelastogram results . There were no differences between the two CPB groups in blood loss or transfusion requirements . CONCLUSIONS We found that when there was no difference in duration of CPB , normothermic and hypothermic CPB groups demonstrated similar blood loss and transfusion requirements even though other studies have shown hypothermia induces platelet dysfunction and alters the activity of the coagulation cascade STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of intraoperative skin-surface warming with and without 1 hour of preoperative warming , in preventing intraoperative hypothermia , and postoperative hypothermia , and shivering , and in offering good conditions to early tracheal extubation . DESIGN Prospect i ve , r and omized , blind study . SETTING Teaching hospital . PATIENTS 30 ASA physical status I and II female patients scheduled for elective abdominal surgery . INTERVENTIONS Patients received st and ard general anesthesia . In 10 patients , no special pre caution s were taken to avoid hypothermia . Ten patients were su bmi tted to preoperative and intraoperative active warming . Ten patients were only warmed intraoperatively . MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Temperatures were recorded at 15-minute intervals . The patients who were warmed preoperatively and intraoperatively had core temperatures significantly more elevated than the other patients during the first two hours of anesthesia . All patients warmed intraoperatively were normothermic only at the end of the surgery . The majority of the patients warmed preoperatively and intraoperatively or intraoperatively 
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