Forced-Air Warming and Resistive Heating Devices. Updated Perspectives on Safety and Surgical Site Infections

Forced-Air Warming and Resistive Heating Devices. Updated Perspectives on Safety and Surgical Site Infections

Introduction: Perioperative hypothermia is one of the most common phenomena seen among surgical patients, leading to numerous adverse outcomes such as intraoperative blood loss, cardiac events, coagulopathy, increased hospital stay and associated costs. Forced air warming (FAW) and resistive heating...

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Main Authors: Wiebke Ackermann, Qianqian Fan, Akarsh J. Parekh, Nicoleta Stoicea, John Ryan, Sergio D. Bergese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
forced air warming
Bair hugger™ patient warming
resistive heating
Hotdog® patient warming
surgical site infections
perioperative hypothermia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2018.00064/full

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