Postoperative hypothermia following non-cardiac high-risk surgery: A prospective study of temporal patterns and risk factors.

Itajiba Paternosti SabbagFabio Barlem HohmannMurillo Santucci Cesar AssunçãoRenato Carneiro de Freitas ChavesThiago Domingos CorrêaPedro Ferro L MenezesAry Serpa NetoLuiz Marcelo Sá MalbouissonSuzana Margareth Ajeje LoboCristina Prata AmendolaJose Eduardo de Aguilar-NascimentoJoão Manoel Silva Juniornull null

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Inadvertent hypothermia was frequent among patients admitted to the ICU and occurred more likely after abdominal surgery, after a long procedure, in elderly patients, and in patients with a higher number of comorbidities. Low postoperative temperature was associated with postoperative complications.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
minimally invasive
risk factors
patients undergoing
brain injury
intensive care unit
coronary artery bypass
left ventricular
surgical site infection
percutaneous coronary intervention
acute respiratory distress syndrome