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|Articles|October 1, 2006
Idea Exchange: Ideas to keep patients warm
To prevent hypothermia during anesthesia, we place baby booties or socks on all our patients to reduce heat loss through their footpads.
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To prevent hypothermia during anesthesia, we place baby booties or socks on all our patients to reduce heat loss through their footpads. We also keep patients warm by using a Bair Hugger (Arizant Healthcare) temperature management unit. We monitor the temperature of all patients we use these techniques on and have found little to no change (< 1 F ) in core body temperature.
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Allison Riles, LVT
Somerville, Tenn.
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