Perioperative temperature management: a survey of 6 Asia–Pacific countries

Abstract Background Anesthesia leads to impairments in central and peripheral thermoregulatory responses. Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is hence a common perioperative complication, and is associated with coagulopathy, increased surgical site infection, delayed drug metabolism, prolonged rec...

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Main Authors: Wenjun Koh, Murali Chakravarthy, Edgard Simon, Raveenthiran Rasiah, Somrat Charuluxananan, Tae-Yop Kim, Sophia T. H. Chew, Anselm Bräuer, Lian Kah Ti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01414-6