Effect of forced-air warming by an underbody blanket on end-of-surgery hypothermia: a propensity score-matched analysis of 5063 patients

Autor: Masanori Yamauchi, Norifumi Kuratani, Jun Ichi Hasegawa, Shigekazu Sugino, Hiroshi Sumida, Daisuke Konno
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Anesthesiology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
BMC Anesthesiology
ISSN: 1471-2253
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-019-0724-8
Popis: Background Underbody blankets have recently been launched and are used by anesthesiologists for surgical patients. However, the forced-air warming effect of underbody blankets is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of forced-air warming by an underbody blanket on body temperature in anesthetized patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 5063 surgical patients. We used propensity score matching to reduce the bias caused by a lack of randomization. After propensity score matching, the change in body temperature from before to after surgery was compared between patients who used underbody blankets (Under group) and those who used other types of warming blankets (Control group). The incidence of hypothermia (i.e., body temperature
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