Research on the relationship between the body mass index and rewarming in the hypothermia patients with primary liver cancer after surgery / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the rewarming and?anesthetic recovery regularity in different body mass index(BMI) patients with primary liver cancer by the same rewarming measures. Methods The data of 67 primary liver cancer patients with hypothermia after surgery were analyzed retrospectively and divided into three groups (low BMI groupBMI<18.50 kg/m2,normal BMI group BMI 18.50-22.99 kg/m2, and high BMI group BMI≥23.00 kg/m2) according to the standard of Asian BMI. Rewarming time and speed, spontaneous breathing recovery time,waking time and shivers in the three groups were observed and compared. Results Rewarming time, spontaneous breathing recovery time,waking time were (114.75± 21.91), (62.60±23.47), (94.65±20.54) min in low BMI group, (93.46±30.39), (41.19±21.47), (66.11±24.78) min in normal BMI group and (61.43±16.37), (25.81±8.90), (50.57±10.41) min in high BMI group,there were significant differences among three groups (F=25.300, 18.962, 25.647, all P<0.05). Rewarming speed was (0.85±0.13) ℃/h in high BMI group, (0.44±0.10) ℃/h in normal BMI group, (0.47±0.16) ℃/h in low BMI group,there were significant differences among three groups(F=65.810, P<0.05). Conclusions Rewarming for a long time in the primary liver cancer patients with low BMI and hypothermia after surgery by the same measures.More attentions should be paid to management of low BMI patients in the rewarming process, and aggressive measures should be taken to restore body temperature to normal.