title: Methods to prevent intraoperative hypothermia.
abstract: Inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia is by far the most commonly occurring anaesthesia-related complication. It can increase the risk of unfavourable events perioperatively. Higher rates of surgical site infections and blood transfusions, coagulation and drug metabolism disturbances are said to be the most relevant issues linked to this phenomenon. Although they have been available for several years now, dedicated systems designed to prevent it are still not part of routine anaesthesia conducted in Poland. This review aims to discuss the factors which may potentially increase the risk of hypothermia, and to present tools that are readily available and effective in perioperative temperature management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, W. Orłowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. barhorosz@wp.pl.
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horosz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malec-Milewska
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011044:Poland; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology