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Among the millions of surgeries performed annually around the world, it is estimated that 50–90% of those patients suffer from hypothermia.Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature below 36˚C.
A small reduction in core temperature can have a significant negative impact on postoperative outcomes, affecting patient satisfaction and recovery. This, in combination with the extra financial burden, is the reason more and more hospitals are taking actions to address the accidental hypothermia in the clinical and pre-hospital environment.
One of the contributing factors to accidental hypothermia is the intravenous (IV) delivery of cold fluids. One study concluded that each liter of IV fluid infused into adult patients at ambient temperature decreases the mean body temperature by approximately 0.25°C.2 A further analysis in 2010 also concluded that infusion of warm fluid is effective in keeping patients nearly normothermic and prevents postanesthetic shivering.
