The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the Enhanced Recovery After
Cesarean delivery (ERAC) protocol written by a Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and …

Hospital buildings are required to secure a variety of indoor environments according to the
diverse requirements of patients and staff. Among these requirements, thermal comfort is an …

Background Moderate intraoperative hypothermia promotes myocardial injury, surgical site
infections, and blood loss. Whether aggressive warming to a truly normothermic temperature …

The incidence of surgical complications has remained largely unchanged over the past two
decades. Inherent complexity in surgery, new technology possibilities, increasing age and …

Core body temperature is normally tightly regulated to within a few tenths of a degree. The
major thermoregulatory defences in humans are sweating, arteriovenous shunt …

Effect of preoperative warming on intraoperative hypothermia: a randomized-controlled trial
Effet du réchauffement préopérato Page 1 REPORTS OF ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Effect of …

Study Design: Broad narrative review. Objective: To review and summarize the current
literature on guidelines, outcomes, techniques and indications surrounding multiple …

Perioperative hypothermia is common, with an incidence ranging between 20 and 70%, and
is defined by a body core temperature below 36.0° C. Perioperative warming was rare …

Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) is defined as a core body temperature< 36.0 C.
It is a common consequence of anaesthesia, which increases morbidity and potentially …

Background: First described by paediatric anaesthesiologists, perioperative hypothermia is
one of the earliest reported side effects of general anaesthesia. Deviations from …