Core temperatures during major abdominal surgery in patients warmed with new circulating-water garment forced-air warming or carbon-fiber resistive-heating system

摘要

PurposeIt has been reported that recently developed circulating-water garments transfer more heat than a forced-air warming system. The authors evaluated the hypothesis that circulating-water leg wraps combined with a water mattress better maintain intraoperative core temperature ≥36°C than either forced-air warming or carbon-fiber resistive heating during major abdominal surgery.