perioperative hypothermia

Reducing Hypothermia in the OR

Reducing Hypothermia in the OR

Our first two posts for July have focused on the importance of preventing an unhealthy RISE in Home Healthcare patients’ body temperature, preventing heat stroke, muscle cramps, and pressure injuries. Our third blog focuses on the hospital O.R. setting, where the...

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Improve Patient Outcomes: Keep the Perioperative Patient Warm

Improve Patient Outcomes: Keep the Perioperative Patient Warm

Perioperative hypothermia can be associated with significant patient morbidity and mortality, Hart, Bordes, Hart, Corsino, & Harmon (2011) describe a threefold increase in the incidence of morbid cardiac outcomes, increases in surgical blood loss, a 20% increase...

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