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J. Perianesth. Nurs. · Feb 2011
Preprocedure warming maintains normothermia throughout the perioperative period: a quality improvement project.
- Katie Hooven.
- St Mary Medical Center, ASU, 1201 Newtown-Langhorne Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047, USA. kjhooven@yahoo.com
- J. Perianesth. Nurs. 2011 Feb 1; 26 (1): 9-14.
AbstractResearch supports the practice of preprocedure warming as a method to prevent the development of unplanned perioperative hypothermia. ASPAN defines hypothermia as a core temperature lower than 36°C. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to explore the idea that preprocedure warming maintains perioperative normothermia. Information was obtained through retrospective chart reviews (n = 148). Temperatures were compared for patients who received standard preprocedure care versus patients who were warmed with a warming gown for one hour preprocedure. Before the institution of warming, about 50% of the patients received in the PACU were hypothermic. After the warming was instituted, only 12% of patients were received in a hypothermic state in the PACU. Concepts discussed in this paper include preprocedure warming, postprocedure hypothermia, and complications associated with hypothermia.Copyright © 2011 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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