A descriptive study of the relationship between preoperative body temperature and intraoperative core temperature change in adults under general anaesthesia
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Abstract
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is defined as an unplanned core temperature of less than 36 °C occurring during the perioperative period.1,2 It is associated with numerous adverse patient outcomes3-5 including increased surgical site infection rates,4-6 blood loss,5,7 length of hospital stay6 and cost of care.1,8-10 Despite the ubiquity of guidelines to prevent perioperative hypothermia, the reported incidence ranges between 20% and 90%.3,11