Cooling vest improves surgeons thermal comfort without affecting cognitive performance: a randomised cross-over trial

Conclusions
A cooling vest worn during surgery lowered core and skin temperatures, improved thermal comfort, and decreased perceptions of sweating and fatigue, but did not improve cognition. Thermal discomfort during major orthopaedic surgery is thus largely preventable, but cooling does not affect cognition.

Trial registration number
NCT04511208.

Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Byrne, J. E., Rodriguez-Patarroyo, F. A., Mascha, E. J., Han, Y., Bravo, M., Bloomfield, M. R., Rao, S. M., Sessler, D. I. Tags: Open access Exposure assessment Source Type: research