The Correlation Between Preoperative Perfusion Index and Intraoperative Hypothermia During Laparoscopic Radical Surgery for Urological Malignancies

This study aimed to explore the relationship between preoperative baseline perfusion index (PI) and intraoperative hypothermia during general anesthesia. PI reflects the peripheral perfusion status, which may be associated with the decrease of core temperature during general anesthesia, as the redistribution of temperature from the core compartment to the peripheral compartment depends on the peripheral perfusion status. A total of 68 patients underwent radical surgery for urological malignancies in this study. The baseline PI value was measured upon entering the operating room. Core temperature was continuously monitored using a nasal pharyngeal probe from anesthesia induction to the end of surgery, with temperature data recorded every 15 minutes. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for intraoperative hypothermia. Intraoperative hypothermia occurred in 26 patients, whose baseline PI (2.70 ± 0.73) was significantly lower than that of the normothermic group (3.65 ± 1.05), with