• Rev Lat Am Enfermagem · May 2013

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Warmed intravenous infusion for controlling intraoperative hypothermia.

    • Ana Lúcia De Mattia, Maria Helena Barbosa, João Paulo Aché de Freitas Filho, Adelaide De Mattia Rocha, and Nathália Haib Costa Pereira.
    • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. almattia@uol.com.br
    • Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2013 May 1; 21 (3): 803-10.

    Objectiveto verify the effectiveness of warmed intravenous infusion for hypothermia prevention in patients during the intraoperative period.Methodexperimental, comparative, field, prospective and quantitative study undertaken at a federal public hospital. The sample was composed of 60 adults, included based on the criteria of axillary temperature between 36ºC and 37.1ºC and surgical abdominal access, divided into control and experimental groups, using the systematic probability sampling technique.Results22 patients (73.4%) from both groups left the operating room with hypothermia, that is, with temperatures below 36ºC (p=1.0000). The operating room temperature when patients arrived and patients' temperature when they arrived at the operating room were statistically significant to affect the occurrence of hypothermia.Conclusionthe planning and implementation of nursing interventions carried out by baccalaureate nurses are essential for preventing hypothermia and maintaining perioperative normothermia.

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