few minutes after inducing general anesthesia and this may be a factor leading
to the efficacy of pre-op warming. It is also a reason to institute intraoperative
warming as soon as possible in the operating room. Logistics might come into
play when pre-warming patients; warming units need to be used in the pre-op
holding area and, in smaller facilities with limited capital, those units must be
moved to the OR to employ intraoperative warming. There's also a downside to
getting patients too warm before surgery; increasing the core body temperature
above normothermia can increase risk of tachycardia and nausea.
Don't ignore the importance of warming patients in the PACU. Active
warming methods are often turned off when the incision is closed, the drapes
are removed and the patient is rolled out of the OR. During that critical time
patients can experience a rapid decrease in core body temperature, so active
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