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- Title
Combination of warming blanket and prewarmed intravenous infusion is effective for rewarming in infants with postoperative hypothermia in China.
- Authors
Shen, Jun; Wang, Qin; Zhang, YuXia; Wang, Xuan; Shi, Peng
- Abstract
Background Postoperative hypothermia in the postanesthesia care unit ( PACU) in neonates and infants is a well-known serious complication as it can increase the risk of blood loss, wound infections, and cardiac arrhythmias. Aim To identify an effective rewarming method for neonates and infants in China with postoperative hypothermia, an open-label, randomized, and controlled study was performed to compare the effects of three different rewarming methods. Methods Neonates and infants (<1 year) admitted to the PACU after surgery between June 2011 and November 2012 in a local hospital were investigated. Patients diagnosed with hypothermia were randomly divided into three groups and rewarmed with only blanket (blanket group), blanket plus electric blanket (heating blanket group), and blanket plus prewarmed intravenous (i.v.) infusion (warmed infusion group). From the beginning of rewarming, the rectal temperature was recorded every 10 min up to 180 min. Results The incidence of postoperative hypothermia in neonates and infants was 5.9%. Patients rewarmed with warming blanket plus prewarmed i.v. infusions showed the shortest rewarming time (67.0 ± 2.6 min, P = 0.02) and highest rewarming efficiency (0.027 ± 0.0008°C·min−1, P = 0.039). Conclusions The combination of conventional blanket rewarming and prewarmed i.v. infusion was shown to be an effective rewarming method for hypothermic infants in China.
- Subjects
NEONATAL surgery; PREVENTION of surgical complications; POSTOPERATIVE care; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAVENOUS therapy for children; PREVENTION
- Publication
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 11, p1139
- ISSN
1155-5645
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/pan.12733