BACKGROUND: We compared temperature changes in patients undergoing hip replacement during warming with aresistive heating blanket or air-forced system. METHODS:Fifty-six patients were enrolled. Patients were randomly allocated to the "forced-air group" (forced-air system) or to the "heating-blanket group" (resistive heating under-patient blanket). RESULTS:Baseline tympanic temperatures were 36.0 +/- 0.6 degrees C in the forced-air group and 36.1 +/- 0.4 degrees C in the heating-blanket group (P > 0.05). At the end of surgery tympanic temperatures were 35.3 +/- 0.5 degrees C in the forced-air group and 35.1 +/- 0.6 degrees C in the heating-pad group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that, using either a resistive heating-blanket or forced-air warming systems, patients ended surgery in mild hypothermia after elective total hip replacement, but without significant differences between these two warming devices.
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BACKGROUND: We compared temperature changes in patients undergoing hip replacement during warming with a resistive heating blanket or air-forced system. METHODS: Fifty-six patients were enrolled. Patients were randomly allocated to the "forced-air group" (forced-air system) or to the "heating-blanket group" (resistive heating under-patient blanket). RESULTS: Baseline tympanic temperatures were 36.0 +/- 0.6 degrees C in the forced-air group and 36.1 +/- 0.4 degrees C in the heating-blanket group (P > 0.05). At the end of surgery tympanic temperatures were 35.3 +/- 0.5 degrees C in the forced-air group and 35.1 +/- 0.6 degrees C in the heating-pad group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that, using either a resistive heating-blanket or forced-air warming systems, patients ended surgery in mild hypothermia after elective total hip replacement, but without significant differences between these two warming devices.
Authors: Eva Madrid; Gerard Urrútia; Marta Roqué i Figuls; Hector Pardo-Hernandez; Juan Manuel Campos; Pilar Paniagua; Luz Maestre; Pablo Alonso-Coello Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2016-04-21
Authors: Hye Young Kim; Kyu Chang Lee; Myeong Jong Lee; Mi-Na Kim; Ji-Sub Kim; Won Sang Lee; Jung Hwa Lee Journal: Korean J Anesthesiol Date: 2014-05-26