Efficacy of Prewarming With a Self-Warming Blanket for the Prevention of Unintended Perioperative Hypothermia in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Effects of perioperative warm socks‐wearing in maintaining core body temperature of patients undergoing spinal surgery

“…Results of previous studies using other warming systems such as self‐warming blanket (Cheon & Yoon, ; Rosenkilde, Vamosi, Lauridsen, & Hasfeldt, ), warmed IV fluid (Woolnough, Allam, Hemingway, Cox, & Yentis, ), warmed irrigation fluid (Aksu, Içli, Toker, & Solak, ) or warm air (Akhtar et al., ; Shin et al., ) were also similar to our findings. Cheon and Yoon () reported that 30‐min prewarmed blanket was effective in preventing the core body temperature drop for 2 and 3 hr after induction of spinal anaesthesia in elderly patients with total hip replacement.…”

The Effectiveness of Four Intervention Methods for Preventing Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia During Total Knee or Total Hip Arthroplasty

“…Our study also confirms that the patient's core temperature dropped during the period of time between leaving the OR and arriving in the PACU regardless of the intervention used. This phenomenon also has occurred in other studies with approximately the same temperature drop (ie, 0.5° C [0.9° F]) …”

“…This phenomenon also has occurred in other studies with approximately the same temperature drop (ie, 0.5° C [0.9° F]). 19,31…”

“…One effective method to maintain normothermia throughout the perioperative pathway is FAW . Prewarming for at least 30 minutes preoperatively can positively affect the patient's ability to maintain normothermia …”

“…16,17 Prewarming for at least 30 minutes preoperatively can positively affect the patient's ability to maintain normothermia. [18][19][20][21][22] One effective method to maintain normothermia throughout the perioperative pathway is forced-air warming.…”