Compared with patients in the forced-air warming group, patients receiving routine thermal care had lower core temperatures, a greater degree of peripheral vasoconstriction, higher norepinephrine concentrations, and higher arterial blood pressures in the early postoperative period. These findings suggest a possible mechanism for hypothermia-related cardiovascular morbidity in the perioperative period.
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