Each year, cardiac complications occur within 30 days after major noncardiac surgery in
more than 10 million people worldwide; postoperative mortality is 1.5%. Enhanced patient …

Background: Mild to moderate hypothermia (32–35 C) is the first treatment with proven
efficacy for postischemic neurological injury. In recent years important insights have been …

Objective.—To assess the relationship between body temperature and cardiac morbidity
during the perioperative period. Design.—Randomized controlled trial comparing routine …

It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Background: Hypothermia is being used with increasing frequency to prevent or mitigate
various types of neurologic injury. In addition, symptomatic fever control is becoming an …

Background In-vitro studies indicate that platelet function and the coagulation cascade are
impaired by hypothermia. However, the extent to which perioperative hypothermia …

THE combination of anesthetic-induced impairment of thermoregulatory control and
exposure to a cool operating room environment makes most surgical patients hypothermic …

THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2 ARTICLES EVALUATING cardiac events in patients undergoing
noncardiac surgery. In this article, we review the magnitude of the problem, the …

It is essential that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use
of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection …

The damage control approach was born out of a need to meet the challenge of the changing
scope and severity of injury in America in the last 10 years. With the rising tide of violence in …