An investigation of factors affecting postoperative rewarming of adult patients

Summary Aural canal temperature was measured for one hour after arrival in the recovery room in 200 adult patients who underwent one of the following types of major surgery: abdominal, pelvic, vascular, orthopaedic or prostatic. One group of 100 patients was studied in the recovery room of Hammersmi...

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Published in:Anaesthesia 1986-04, Vol.41 (4), p.363-369
Main Authors: CARLI, F., GABRIELCZYK, M., CLARK, MARGARET M., ABER, V. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Anesthesia
Anesthesia Recovery Period
Anesthesia, General
Anesthesia, Local
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
body
Body Temperature
General anesthesia. Technics. Complications. Neuromuscular blocking. Premedication. Surgical preparation. Sedation
Humans
Humidity
Hypothermia
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
monitoring
postoperative
Postoperative Period
Recovery Room
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Temperature
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Summary:Summary Aural canal temperature was measured for one hour after arrival in the recovery room in 200 adult patients who underwent one of the following types of major surgery: abdominal, pelvic, vascular, orthopaedic or prostatic. One group of 100 patients was studied in the recovery room of Hammersmith Hospital which was not equipped with a controlled system for constant ventilation and humidification, while the other 100 patients were studied in the recovery room of Edgware General Hospital. which had a constant ambient temperature and controlled relative humidity with 20 air changes/hour. The rate of rewarming was found to be similar in both groups. Within the range of ambient temperatures and relative humidities measured, patients over 60 years of age rewarmed more slowly than did patients under 60 years (p < 0.05). General anaesthesia was associated with significantly faster rewarming than was local anaesthesia (p < 0.01).
ISSN:0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb13219.x