Perioperative Maintenance of Normothermia Reduces the Incidence of Morbid Cardiac Events

Forced air warming to maintain normoTHERMIa during SEDation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: protocol for the THERMISED pilot randomized controlled trial

“…, Frank et al . ). Although measuring core temperature at the tympanic membrane with a thermocouple can be tolerated by awake patients, there is a risk of perforation.…”

“…Of most concern is that cardiac events, including myocardial infarction, are more likely to occur in patients who became hypothermic (Frank et al . ). Hypothermia is also likely to increase blood loss due to inhibition of platelet function and decreased activation of the clotting cascade (Reed et al .…”

Protocol implementation in anesthesia: beta-blockade in non-cardiac surgery patients

“…Maintenance of improvements was achieved by providing feedback from ongoing data collection, reminders, rounds and meeting presentations. Protocol introduction included discussion of other modalities shown to reduce perioperative ischemia, e.g., epidural analgesia 11 and maintenance of normothermia, 12 and use of these strategies may have increased during the period of the audit. Hospital metoprolol utilization was tracked by the hospital pharmacy.…”

“…Recent reports have described the prevention of PMI/I using ABDs 6-10 and other therapeutic modalities. [11][12][13][14] Although 76% of PMI/I patients had documented risk factors, only 29% had received ABDs.…”

Comparison of immunologic and physiologic effects of CO2 pneumoperitoneum at room and body temperatures

“…Those patients who remained hypothermic 2, 4, and 8 after surgery had significantly greater mortality. Hypothermia also is associated with higher rates of postoperation wound infection [7], more cardiac events [4], and greater transfusion requirements [12]. Another concern regarding postoperation hypothermia is in the immediate postanesthetic period when thermoregulatory responses reappear.…”