Journal article
Aggressive intraoperative warming versus routine thermal management during non-cardiac surgery (PROTECT): a multicentre, parallel group, superiority trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Moderate intraoperative hypothermia promotes myocardial injury, surgical site infections, and blood loss. Whether aggressive warming to a truly normothermic temperature near 37°C improves outcomes remains unknown. We aimed to test the hypothesis that aggressive intraoperative warming reduces major perioperative complications.
METHODS: In this multicentre, parallel group, superiority trial, patients at 12 sites in China and at the …
Authors
Sessler DI; Pei L; Li K; Cui S; Chan MTV; Huang Y; Wu J; He X; Bajracharya GR; Rivas E
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 399, No. 10337, pp. 1799–1808
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2022
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00560-8
ISSN
0140-6736