American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Rewarming cardiac surgical patients: warm water vs warm air.
Hypothermia is experienced by 60% to 90% of adult patients after surgery. The detrimental physiological consequences of prolonged hypothermia are a significant risk for cardiac surgical patients. ⋯ The data suggest that rewarming with a circulating-water blanket produces normothermia more rapidly than rewarming with a warm convective-air blanket in adult patients who are hypothermic after cardiac surgery.