The effects of warm irrigating fluid during and after transurethral prostatectomy.

The effect of warm irrigating fluid on hypothermia and blood loss during and after transurethral prostatectomy was studied. Sixty-two patients received warm irrigating fluid (37 degrees C), and 46 patients received irrigating fluid at operating room temperature. The incidence of shivering was lower in the warmed-fluid group than in the controls, and blood loss was significantly lower in the warmed-fluid group.