Annals of vascular surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Forced-Air Warming in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Procedures: Comparison between 2 Thermal Blanket Models.
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency between 2 thermal blanket models: the upper blanket and the underbody blanket in patient heating and hypothermia prevention during endovascular surgery. ⋯ We conclude that upper thermal blanket is more effective thanunderbody thermal blanket in patient warming and hypothermia prevention during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and lower limb angioplasty after 150 min of anesthetic-surgical time duration.