title: Hypothermia and hyperthermia in the ambulatory surgical patient.
abstract: Homeotherms, including humans, are able to maintain a relatively constant temperature despite variations in their thermal environment. We normally maintain a narrow thermoregulatory threshold range of approximately 0.2°C, and little change in core temperature is required to trigger compensatory mechanisms to either cool or warm our core temperature back to normothermia. This article focuses on the mechanisms and consequences of hypothermia and hyperthermia in the surgical patient and reviews techniques to prevent and treat these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Cutter
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Apfelbaum
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Ambulatory surgical patient; Hyperthermia; Hypothermia; Malignant hyperthermia treatment