DOING BUSINESS: Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia

DOING BUSINESS


Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia

Use continuous patient temperature monitoring

With the ever-increasing number of complex surgeries performed in ASCs today, patients are under general or neuraxial anesthesia for longer periods of time than before. Thermoregulatory control is compromised during these surgical procedures and could potentially lead to Perioperative Hypothermia or PH.

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