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Patient warming strategies are vital for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia, which affects up to 70% of surgical patients, and are integral to the success of enhanced recovery programs.
Patient warming is a vital component of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and its associated complications.
May support warming integration in ERAS pathways; extends prior reviews but leaves optimal strategies open.
Protecting patients from developing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is an integral element of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme because this protection promotes physical wellbeing throughout a patient's surgical journey. Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) is preventable in most cases, yet as many as 70% of surgical patients experience it ( Niranjan et al, 2011 ). It is associated with multiple devastating complications for the patient. As ERAS programmes focus on optimising the patient's physical state prior to, during and after surgery, it fits that maintaining a healthy body temperature forms part of the programme. In this article, the risk factors at all stages of the patient's surgical journey will be discussed, as well as strategies for warming patients and why this is vital for the success of ERAS programmes.
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Helena Bernard (2014) conducted a review in Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in surgical patients. Patient warming strategies was evaluated. Patient warming strategies are vital for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia, which affects up to 70% of surgical patients, and are integral to the success of enhanced recovery programs.
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