THIS MONTH
Hypothermia during operative and other invasive procedures
Key words: hypothermia, redistribution, core body temperature, cutaneous heat loss, autonomic response.
Perioperative hypothermia prevention methods
Key words: hypothermia prevention, warming device, active warming, passive insulation.
Prewarming surgical patients
Key words: prewarming, active warming, warming device, hypothermia prevention.
Methods for measuring patients’ temperatures in the OR
Key words: core temperature, peripheral temperature, temperature measurement site, thermal compartment.