The effects of warm irrigating fluid during and after transurethral prostatectomy.
The effect of warm irrigating fluid on hypothermia and blood loss during and after transurethral prostatectomy was studied. Sixty-two patients received warm irrigating fluid (37 degrees C), and 46 patients received irrigating fluid at operating room temperature. The incidence of shivering was lower in the warmed-fluid group than in the controls, and blood loss was significantly lower in the warmed-fluid group.
Ogura
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Department of Urology, Kyoto National Hospital, Japan.
Fukuyama
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Nakagawa
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation