Incidence and Risk Factors for Postoperative Hypothermia After Orthopaedic Surgery.
DISCUSSION: Intraoperative and postoperative hypothermia are common in patients who have undergone orthopaedic surgery. The high-risk groups identified in this study warrant increased attention and should be targets for interventions to prevent hypothermia and limit morbidity.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, prognostic study.
PMID: 30169443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research