Conclusion
In conclusion, three basic recommendations can be made:
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Core temperature should be monitored, pre-ferably oesophageally, in patients at risk for hypothermia.
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Conserving and wanning measures should be instituted early since the greatest drop in tempera-ture occurs within the first hour of the case.
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No patient, particularly over age 65, should be discharged from recovery room with a core temperature below 36°C. Increased oxygen con-sumption will continue either by shivering or non-shivering thermogenesis until the heat debt has been restored.
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Morley-Forster, P.K. Unintentional hypothermia in the operating room. Can Anaesth Soc J 33, 515–527 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03010982
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