Effects of Ambient Temperature and Forced-air Warming on Intraoperative Core Temperature A Factorial Randomized Trial

Conclusions Ambient intraoperative temperature has a negligible effect on core temperature when patients are warmed with forced air. The effect is larger when patients are passively insulated, but the magnitude remains small. Ambient temperature can thus be set to comfortable levels for staff in patients who are actively warmed.
Source: Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research