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P A T I E N T W A R M I N G
I
f you warm patients during surgery
and they emerge from anesthesia nor-
mothermic, you've done all you can to
prevent hypothermia-related compli-
cations, right? It may be time to
rethink that approach and to focus more
on active intraoperative warming. By focus-
ing on core temperature readings taken as
Pre-op
Intra-op
Post-op
Is There a Hole in Your
Warming Strategy?
Perioperative
hypothermia is more
common than you
might realize. Find out
why end-of-surgery
temperatures don't tell
the whole story.
Daniel I. Sessler, MD
Cleveland, Ohio
WARM WAYS
Carefully monitor
patient temperatures
throughout surgery, not
just toward the end.