Open AccessComparative evaluation of forced air warming and infusion of amino acid–enriched solution on intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgeries: A prospective randomised study
Author(s) -
Nishkarsh Gupta,
Shreekant Bharti,
Vinod Kumar,
Rakesh Garg,
Seema Mishra,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_839_18
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , american society of anesthesiologists , anesthesia , saline , head and neck cancer , general anaesthesia , prospective cohort study , surgery , radiation therapy
Inadvertent core hypothermia is a common occurrence during general anaesthesia. Forced air warming (FAW) is the most effective perianaesthetic warming system, but it may lead to thermal discomfort. Amino acids (AAs) have been used to prevent hypothermia, but no study has compared the effect of AA infusion with FAW systems. We have conducted this study to compare the effects of external heating (FAW system) and internal heat generation (AA infusion) in preventing hypothermia during anaesthesia.