Retrospective Validation of New Simulation Software to Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia in Major Urologic Abdominal Surgery

Table 1

Patient characteristics and thermal management. Data are presented as mean ± SD or number of patients (%).

	Validation study 1 (𝑛=36)	Validation study 2 (𝑛=40)
Age (yr)	59±14	60±12
Height (cm)	173±8	173±7
Weight (kg)	77±12	76±10
Gender (female/male)	9/27	7/33
Ambient temperature (°C)	21±0.4	21±0.0
Infusion warming	9
Infusion warming and insulation	9
Infusion warming and forced-air warming (WT)	9
Infusion warming, forced-air warming (WT), insulation	9
Insulation with cotton surgical drape		8
Forced-air warming (WT)		8
Forced-air warming (BH)		8
Electric heating mattress		8
Forced-air warming (BH) and electric heating mattress		8
Patients with perioperative hypothermia	18 (50%)	16 (40%)

Infusion warming = Hotline HL-90 with System L-70, Level 1 Technologies Inc., Marshfield, USA, Insulation = Thermadrape, O.R. Concepts Inc., Roanoke, USA, WT = WarmTouch, Mallinckrodt Medical, Hennef/Sieg, Germany, BH = Bair Hugger, Augustine Medical, Eden Prairie, Minn, USA, Electric heating mattress = ASTOPAD OPT 120, Stihler Electronic GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany.