Warmed Irrigation Fluid Does Not Decrease Perioperative Hypothermia During Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Effect of short-term prewarming on body temperature in arthroscopic shoulder surgery

“…The temperature of patients in this study was higher than that in another study [6] regardless of whether relatively large amount of irrigation fluid was used. This might be due to the fact that we used intraoperative forced-air warming for all patients in this study.…”

“…In previous studies, warmed irrigation fluid and forced-air warming during surgery have been found to be ineffective in preventing core temperature decrease [6,12]. In addition, intraoperative forced-air warming is only effective at 60 minutes after surgery [12].…”

Comparison of clinical efficacy among remifentanil, nicardipine, and remifentanil plus nicardipine continuous infusion for hypotensive anesthesia during arthroscopic shoulder surgery

“…However, the target MAP should be set more higher in patients with higher ASA grades for safety, 18 which could distort the uniform study design, therefore other previous study with shoulder arthroscopic surgery was also performed in ASA grade 1 or 2. 31 The strength of our study was that this was the first study to prospectively evaluate the clinical efficacy of continuous infusions of nicardipine and remifentanil in shoulder arthroscopic surgery.…”

Clinical Issues—December 2017

“…The use of warm irrigation fluid during arthroscopic shoulder surgery decreases perioperative hypothermia, especially in older adults. One prospective randomized comparative study by Oh et al 8 found little difference in the incidence of hypothermia between the patients receiving warmed irrigation fluid and those receiving room temperature irrigation fluid during arthroscopic shoulder surgery, however.…”