Prevention of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority. ECRI (Organization) Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Body Temperature Regulation Hypothermia -- prevention & control Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control Postoperative Care Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control Body Temperature Heating -- methods Hot Temperature -- therapeutic use Hypothermia -- complications Hypothermia -- etiology Hypothermia -- therapy Intraoperative Complications -- etiology Intraoperative Complications -- therapy Monitoring, Intraoperative -- methods Perioperative Care -- methods Perioperative Period Postoperative Complications -- etiology Postoperative Complications -- therapy Preoperative Care -- methods Rewarming Risk Management Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Perioperative hypothermia may result in serious cardiac, coagulation, and wound-healing complications, especially among vulnerable pediatric and elderly patients. More than 50 reports have been submitted through PA-PSRS about patients experiencing perioperative hypothermia. Many reports involved hypothermia that was detected in the postanesthesia care unit. Only a few reports indicated that measures were in place to prevent hypothermia. Risk reduction strategies to prevent perioperative hypothermia include assessing the patient for increased risk of hypothermia, monitoring temperature throughout the perioperative period using optimal temperature monitoring sites, and using active and/or passive warming measures as appropriate.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101569662 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101569662