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Objective To observe the effect of body temperature protection on enhanced recovery after surgery of patients undergoing laparotomy radical gastrectomy.Methods Sixty of patients ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,aged 45-76 years,scheduled for elective radical gastrectomy were ran domly divided into 2 groups (n=30 each):heating blanket group and control group.In the heating blanket group,patients were warmed up during the whole perioperative period using the warmblanket until discharge from PACU;exposed skin as covered with clean surgical dressing;infusion,irrigation fluids and blood transfusions were warmed to 40℃;the bacteriological and viral filters were placed between the Y-piece of the breathing circuit and the tracheal tube.In the control group,patients were not given special heat preservation measures.For temperature measurements,an infrared tympanic ear thermometer was used.The core temperature of two groups were recorded at the pre-operative period (T1),before induction (T2),1 h after induction (T3),closing (T4),extubation （T5),discharging from PACU (T6).The dosage of anesthetic drug,volume of fluids infused,peritoneal fluid flushing volume,operation time,anesthesia time,ambient temperature,amount of bleeding,intrao perative blood transfusion,shivering,extubation time,incision infection and hospitalization time were recorded.Results There was no statistical difference in terms of temperature at T1 between the two groups.Compared with the T1,the core temperature of two groups of patients in T2-T6 were signifi cantly decreased (P ＜0.05).The perioperative core body temperature at T2-T6 was significantly higher in the heating blanket group than in the control group.The amount of bleeding and blood transfusion in perioperative period was significantly less that in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).The incidence of shivering and surgical-wound infection were significantly lower in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).The extubation time and hospitalization time were shorter in the heating blanket group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Combined body temperature protection measures can significantly reduce the incidence of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) and improve postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing laparotomy radical gastrectomy.
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Objective To investigate the effects of forced-air prewarming combined with fluid warming on body temperature and thermal comfort in patients undergoing lobectomy.Methods Forty six patients scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) of lobectomy were randomized into two groups (n=23 each):warming group (group T) and the control group (group C).Forced-air prewarming combined with infusion heating was applied in the warming group,while only conventional passive warming was used in control group.The tympanic membrane temperatures were recorded before prewarming,after prewarming, during the anesthesia, the end of operation, the moment in and out of the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).Incidence of postoperative shivering, thermal comfort and the time in the PACU were recorded.Results The warming group had a slower temperature decrease at 1,2, 3 hours after operation and end of operation(P< 0.01), warming group had significantly lower incidence of hypothermia and shivering than control group(8.7% vs 56.5%, 4.3% vs 34.8%,P<0.05),and the thermalcomfort score was higher in warming group than in control group(8.52±0.94 vs 7.65±0.83,P<0.05).Conclusions Forced-air prewarming combined with fluid warming has significant clinical effects to stabilize patients` body temperature during operations,to reduce the incidence of hypothermia and shivering and to improve the thermal comfort, which provides a simple and effective temperature protection strategy for patients undergoing lobectomy.
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Objective To investigate the clinical effect of forced-air warming system combined with infusion heating technology on recovery quality and cellular immune.Methods Fifty patients scheduled for esophagus cancer resection randomized into two groups (n =25 each):the temperature protection group (group W)and the control group (group C).The intraoperative nasopharyngeal temperature was recorded before induction (T1 ),2 hours after operation (T2 ),the end of operation (T3 ),postoperative 2 hours (T4 ).The anesthesia wakening time,the occurrence of postoperative shivering and infection,hospitalization time were also recorded.Venous blood samples were taken at T1 ,T3 ,two days (T5 )and five days after the operation (T6 )for analysis of T-lymphocyte subsets by flow cytometry.Results Compared with T1 ,the nasopharyngeal temperature was significantly de-creased at T2 ,T3 and T4 in group C, and the nasopharyngeal temperature in group W was significantly higher than those in group C at T2 ,T3 and T4 (P <0.05).The anesthesia wakening time and the occurrence of postoperative shivering in group C was significantly more than those in group C (P <0.05).Compared with T1 ,the percentage of CD4 + cells and CD4 +/CD8 + ratio were significantly decreased and the percentage of CD8 + cells increased in both groups at T3 (P <0.05).Compared with group C at T3 ,the percentage of CD4 + cells and CD4 +/CD8 + ratio were significantly increased and the percentage of CD8 + cells decreased in group W (P <0.05).Conclusion The clinical use of forced-air warming system combined with infusion heating technology can protect the patient??s body tempera-ture,shorten the anesthesia wakening time,reduce the occurrence of postoperative shivering,which protects the patient??s immune function and accelerates recovery after surgery.