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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Mar 2010
Review[Prevention of perioperative hypothermia].
- Ernst-Peter Horn and Alexander Torossian.
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und OP-Management am Regio-Klinikum Pinneberg. Ernst-Peter.Horn@regiokliniken.de
- Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2010 Mar 1;45(3):160-7.
AbstractInadvertent perioperative hypothermia impairs postoperative outcome in surgical patients due to ischemic myocardial events, wound infections and coagulation disorders. Body core temperature should be assessed 1-2h preoperatively and continuously during surgery. To prevent hypothermia patients and nursing clinical staff should be teached and trained. Preoperatively surgical patients should always be prewarmed by using convective warming devices and active warming should be continued in surgeries longer than 1 hour. Warming of IV fluids is effective if infusion rates are above 1l/h. Core temperature should be measured in the recovery room and active warming should be started when patients are hypothermic or if they feel cold.Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart * New York.
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