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Matsukawa T, Kashimoto S, Nakamura T, et al. Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery. J Anesth. 1994;8(1):25-27doi: 10.1007/BF02482748.
Matsukawa, T., Kashimoto, S., Nakamura, T., Kume, M., Kanda, F., & Kumazawa, T. (1994). Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery. Journal of anesthesia, 8(1), 25-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482748
Matsukawa, Takashi, et al. "Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery." Journal of anesthesia vol. 8,1 (1994): 25-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482748
Matsukawa T, Kashimoto S, Nakamura T, Kume M, Kanda F, Kumazawa T. Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery. J Anesth. 1994 Mar;8(1):25-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02482748. PMID: 28921193.
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J Anesth. 1994 Mar;8(1):25-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02482748.

Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery.

Journal of anesthesia

Takashi Matsukawa, Satoshi Kashimoto, Toshihiro Nakamura, Masaki Kume, Fumio Kanda, Teruo Kumazawa

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yamanashi Medical University, Shimokato 1110, Tamaho-cho, Nakakoma-gun, 409-38, Yamanashi, Japan.
  2. Department of Anesthesia, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Fujimi, Kohfu-City, Yamanashi, Japan.

PMID: 28921193 DOI: 10.1007/BF02482748

Abstract

Intraoperative hypothermia is difficult to avoid and may present a significant clinical risk during the early postoperative phase. We evaluated a forced-air system [Bair Hugger, OR-type (BH)] for warming intraoperative patients with open abdominal surgery. Twenty patients received BH warming [BH(+) group] and another 20 patients, who served as controls, did not [BH(-) group]. Patients in both groups also received circulating blanket warming. Tempertures were measured at 30-min intervals throughout the operation in the rectum and on the tip of the index finger opposite the nail bed. The average operation time was 168.8±16.2 min. Rectal and fingertip temperatures in the BH(+) group were significantly higher than those in the BH(-) group, and central-peripheral temperature gradients in the BH(+) group were significantly smaller than those in the BH(-) group during the study, except at 180 min. No shivering occurred in either group. Therefore, BH is an effective warming device during open abdominal surgery.

Keywords: Bair Hugger; Forced-air system; Open abdominal surgery; Temperture; Thermoregulation

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