Yonsei medical journal
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Yonsei medical journal · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyLipid-emulsion propofol less attenuates the regulation of body temperature than micro-emulsion propofol or sevoflurane in the elderly.
Anesthesia and surgery commonly cause hypothermia, and this caused by a combination of anesthetic-induced impairment of thermoregulatory control, a cold operation room environment and other factors that promote heat loss. All the general anesthetics markedly impair normal autonomic thermoregulatory control. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of two different types of propofol versus inhalation anesthetic on the body temperature. ⋯ The body temperature is maintained at a higher level in elderly patients anesthetized with lipid-emulsion propofol.