Resultados: 2

Effect of preheating on the maintenance of body temperature in surgical patients: a randomized clinical trial

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of preheating on the maintenance of body temperature of patients submitted to elective gynecological surgeries. Method: eighty-six patients were randomized, without blinding, to receive usual care (heating with a cotton sheet and blanket) or preheating with a ...

Active cutaneous warming systems to prevent intraoperative hypothermia: a systematic review

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
This study analyzed the evidence available in the literature concerning the effectiveness of different active cutaneous warming systems to prevent intraoperative hypothermia. This is a systematic review with primary studies found in the following databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Register of Controlled...