ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021
Prevention and management of perioperative hypothermia in adult elective surgical patients: A systematic review.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effect of Thermal Blanket Applied to the Area After Peripheral Artery Surgery on Circulation, Pain and Mobilization
Warming With a Composite Warming Strategy Reduces Intraoperative Hypothermia in Patients Undergoing Open Hepatectomy for Liver Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study
The Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Postanesthetic Shivering; Prospective Observational Study
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of perioperative autonomic nervous system imbalance on surgical outcomes: a systematic review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- The incidence and influencing factors of hypothermia in patients after transurethral prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of urology · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of multimodal temperature management on the incidence of perioperative hypothermia in patients undergoing general anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Trial
- The Effect of Brief Warming during Induction of General Anesthesia and Warmed Intravenous Fluid on Intraoperative Hypothermia in Patients Undergoing Urologic Surgery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- The effect of combining prewarming with intraoperative phenylephrine infusion on the prevention of hypothermia in patients undergoing urological surgery: a prospective, randomized, and controlled trial.International journal of medical sciences · 2023Trial
- Thoracic Paravertebral Block Decreased Body Temperature in Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023Trial
- Association between intraoperative hypothermia and total hospitalization cost after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
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- Association Between Preoperative Core Temperature and Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Major Burns.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- ASO Author Reflections: Intraoperative Hypothermia as a Risk Factor for Complications Following Esophagectomy.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Clinical Impact of Intraoperative Hypothermia on Outcomes Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Development and internal validation of a nomogram to predict perioperative hypothermia in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecologic surgery under general anesthesia: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Intraoperative hypothermia risk trajectories in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of different intraoperative warming strategies on hypothermia and postoperative coagulation function in severely injured emergency surgery patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Optimising gynaecological surgical care for elite female athletes: a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Risk Factors for Hypothermia After General Anesthesia in Abdominal Surgery: A Three-Year Retrospective Analysis.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Albumin: a novel biomarker for predicting intraoperative hypothermia in HSCR.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Incidence, causes, and effects of intraoperative hypothermia during elective oesophagectomy at a tertiary care centre- An observational study.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Development of A Surgery-Related Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Scale (SURPIRAS): A Methodological Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundBody temperature is tightly regulated with hormonal and cellular metabolism for normal functioning; however perioperative hypothermia is common secondary to anesthesia and surgical exposure.Prevention and maintaining body temperature should be started 1-2hrs before induction of anesthesia, to do this both active and passive warming system are effective to prevent complications associated with perioperative hypothermia.
methodsThe aim of this systematic review is to develop a clear clinical practice protocol in prevention and management of perioperative hypothermia for elective adult surgical patients.The study is conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline 2020. After formulating clear criteria for the evidences to be included an appropriate method of searching was conducted by using the Pub Med, Google scholar and Cochrane library using the following MeSH terms: (inadvertent hypothermia AND anesthesia, hypothermia AND perioperative management and thermoregulation AND anesthesia) were used to draw evidences.After a reasonable amount of evidences were collected, appraisal and evaluation of study quality was based on WHO 2011 level of evidence and degree of recommendation. Final conclusions and recommendations are done by balancing the benefits and downsides of alternative management strategies for perioperative management of hypothermia.This systematic review registered with research registry unique identifying number (UIN) of " DISCUSSION: Preserving a patient's body temperature during anesthesia and surgery is to minimize heat loss by reducing radiation and convection from the skin, evaporation from exposed surgical areas, and cooling caused by the introduction of cold intravenous fluids.
conclusionHypothermia is least monitored complication during anesthesia and surgery results cardiac abnormalities, impaired wound healing, increased surgical site infections, shivering and delayed postoperative recovery, and coagulopathies.
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