Heat Loss in Humans Warmed with Various Full-body Forced-air Heating Systems
All five forced-air warming systems transferred substantial amounts of heat. There were no statistically significant or clinically meaningful differences in cutaneous heat transfer, mean skin temperature, or thermal comfort across the systems. Any of the tested systems will therefore prevent hypothermia in most surgical patients.
Authors
- Daniel I. Sessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9932-3077)
- Andrea Kurz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-3099)
- Fabio A. Rodriguez-Patarroyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-7019)
- Lu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6846-8588)
- Berry Teunissen
Institutions
- Outcomes Research Consortium (US)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology (IT)
- Meander Medisch Centrum (NL)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005730
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55