July 2005 - The Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists

Bull HK Coll Anaesthesiol Volume 14, Number 2 July, 2005microbiology and clinical studies are thereforerequired to demonstrate the safety of usinghospital blanket for forced airway warming.Yee Kwan TANG, MBBSDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive CarePamela Youde Nethersole Eastern HospitalRebecca KWOK, MBBS FANZCA, FHKCA, FHKAM(Anaesthesiology), Dip Pain Mgt (HKCA)Department of AnaesthesiaYan Chai HospitalSin Shing HO, MBBS, MRCP, DFM, FHKCA, FANZCAUnion HospitalReferences:1. Vaughan MS, Vaughan RW, Cork RC.Postoperative hypothermia in adults:Relationship of age, anesthesia, andshivering in rewarming. Anesth Analg1981;60:746‐51.2. Frank SM, Higgins MS, Breslow MJ, et al.The catecholamine, cortisol, andhemodynamic responses to mildperioperative hypothermia: a randomizedclinical trial. Anesthesiology 1995;82:83‐93.3. Frank SM, Shir Y, Raja SN, et al. Corehypothermia and skin‐surface temperaturegradients. Anesthesiology 1994;80:502‐508.4. Sessler DI. Perioperative heat balance:review article. Anesthesiology 2000;92:578‐96.5. Frank SM, Fleisher LA, Breslow MJ, et al.Perioperative maintenance of normothermiareduces the incidence of morbid cardiacevents: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA1997;277:1127‐34.6. Schmied H, Kurz A, Sessler DI, et al. Mildhypothermia increases blood loss andtransfusion requirements during hiparthroplasty. Lancet 1996;347:289‐92.7. Kurz A, Sessler DI, Lenhardt R.Perioperative normothermia to reduce theincidence of surgical‐wound infection andshorten hospitalization. N Engl J Med1996;334:1209‐15.8. Heier T, Caldwell JE, Sessler DI, et al. Mildintraoperative hypothermia increasesduration of action and spontaneousrecovery of vecuronium blockade duringnitrous oxide‐isoflurane anesthesia inhumans. Anesthesiology 1991;74:815‐19.9. Leslie K, Sessler DI, Bjorksten AR, et al. Mildhypothermia alters propofolpharmacokinetics and increases the durationof action of atracurium. Anesth Analg1995;80:1007‐14.10. Krenzischek DA, Frank SM, Kelly S. Forcedairwarming versus routine thermal careand core temperature measurement sites. JPost Anesthesia Nursing 1995;10:69‐78.11. Sessler DI, Moayeri A. Skin‐surfacewarming: heat flux and central temperature.Anesthesiology 1990;73:218‐224.12. Sessler DI, Akca O. Nonpharmacologicalprevention of surgical wound infections.Clin Infect Dis 2002;35:1397‐1404.13. Rainer L. Monitoring and thermalmanagement. Best Pract Res ClinAnaesthesiol 2003;17:569‐81.14. Ma MS, Chiu AHF. Prevention ofinadventent hypothermia of patient aged 60or above. Bull HK Coll Anaesthesiol2005;14:90‐4.15. Lim DTH, Law BCW. Comparison ofeffectiveness between upper and lower bodyforced air warming during open abdominalsurgery. Bull HK Coll Anaesthesiol2005;14:71‐5.16. Kempen PM. Full body forced air warming:commercial blanket vs air delivery beneathbed sheets. Can J Anaesth 1996;43:1168‐74.17. Giesbrecht GG, Ducharme MB, McGuire JP.Comparison of forced‐air patient warmingsystems for perioperative use.Anesthesiology 1994;80:671‐9.18. Kabbara A, Goldlust SA, Smith CE, et al.Randomized prospective comparison offorced air warming using hospital blanketsversus commercial blankets in surgicalpatients. Anesthesiology 2002;97:338‐44.19. Avidan MS, Jones N, Ing R, et al. Convectionwarmers ‐ not just hot air. Anaesthesia1997;52:1073‐76.20. Sigg DC, Houlton AJ, Iaizzo PA. Thepotential for increased risk of infection due65