Association of Perioperative Hypothermia During Colectomy With Surgical Site Infection.
AUTHORS
Baucom
RB ,
Phillips
SE ,
Ehrenfeld
JM ,
Muldoon
RL ,
Poulose
BK ,
Herline
AJ ,
Wise
PE ,
Geiger
TM ,
. JAMA surgery. 2015 4 22; ().
- PMID: 25902410 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Maintaining perioperative normothermia has been shown to decrease the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) after segmental colectomy and is part of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Safe Surgery. However, strong evidence supporting this association is lacking, and an exact definition of normothermia has not been described.
Maintaining perioperative normothermia has been shown to decrease the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) after segmental colectomy and is part of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Safe Surgery. However, strong evidence supporting this association is lacking, and an exact definition of normothermia has not been described.
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