Burns caused by fan heater used for managing post-operative hypothermia in a premature neonate

Bullous Lesions After Use of a Commercial Therapeutic Hypothermia Temperature Management System: A Possible Burn Injury?

“…English and Hemmerling (2008) showed that the heat transfer coefficient of the Arctic Sun pads is equivalent to water, and therefore heat transfer from this TMS is identical to immersion in water. Prior reports have highlighted burns caused by the intraoperative warming efforts including the use of warmed fluid bags and bottles and water-circulating mattresses (Cheney et al, 1994;Wankhede et al, 2007;SiddikSayyid et al, 2008).…”