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ArticleJournal of clinical monitoring and computing2019

Significant factors influencing inadvertent hypothermia in pediatric anesthesia.

Lee-Lee Lai, Mee-Hoong See, Sanjay Rampal, Kee-Seong Ng, Lucy Chan

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Article in Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lee-Lee LaiDepartment of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. laill@um.edu.my.
Mee-Hoong SeeDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sanjay RampalDepartment of Social Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Julius Centre University of Malaya, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kee-Seong NgDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lucy ChanDepartment of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University of Malaya · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermal imbalances are very common during surgery. Hypothermia exposes the patient to post-operative shivering, cardiac dysfunction, coagulopathy, bleeding, wound infection, delayed anesthesia recovery, prolonged hospital stay and increased hospitalization cost. There are many factors contributing to intraoperative hypothermia. This is a prospective cohort study conducted through observation and measurement of pediatric surgical patients' temperature. Convenience sampling methods were used in this study. Initial skin temperature and core temperature at 10 min, 30 min,1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 5 h, 6 h and at the end of surgery were recorded. Body temperature was monitored from time of transfer to the operating table until recovery and discharge to the respective pediatric ward. The overall incidence of intraoperative hypothermia was still very high at about 46.6% even though active and passive temperature management were carried out during surgery. Patient's age, body weight, duration of surgery, type of surgery, intraoperative blood loss, type of anesthesia and operating room temperature were factors that contributed to intraoperative hypothermia. Hypothermia is common in surgery, especially in major and long duration surgery. Intraoperative hypothermia can be life threatening if it is not handled carefully. Various methods are used before, during and after surgery to maintain a patient's body temperature within the normothermia range. The use of an active warming device like the Bair Hugger® air-forced warming system seems to be a good method for reducing the risk of intraoperative hypothermia and effectively maintaining body temperature for all major and minor surgeries.

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Skin TemperatureAnesthesiaBody TemperatureBody Temperature RegulationChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansHypothermiaIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMonitoring, IntraoperativeMonitoring, PhysiologicIntraoperative hypothermiaPediatric surgeryRisk factors

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