The prevention of inadvertent hypothermia during fetal surgery: an ovine model.
The effect of application of a reflective thermoblanket was compared with varying degrees of partial removal of the ovine fetus from the uterus. The thermoblanket reduced heat loss by a 53.3% slower fall in rectal temperature when compared to exposed fetuses during the same surgery (Welch t statistic = 3.68, d.f. = 26.08, P less than 0.001). This was further reduced by limiting the area of fetal exposure without thermoblanket application.
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CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, Blacktown, NSW, Australia.
D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012756:Sheep