Intraoperative warming during noncardiac surgery does not impact CV, other outcomes

WASHINGTON — Aggressive intraoperative warming during major noncardiac surgery did not reduce myocardial injury, site infections, transfusion requirement or hospitalization stay vs. routine temperature management, a speaker reported.
Intraoperative temperatures as low as 35.5°C and no warming appear to be safe for major noncardiac surgery, according to data from the PROTECT trial presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.
“Anesthetics profoundly impair thermoregulatory control. Consequently, nearly all unwarmed surgical patients become hypothermic,”

WASHINGTON — Aggressive intraoperative warming during major noncardiac surgery did not reduce myocardial injury, site infections, transfusion requirement or hospitalization stay vs. routine temperature management, a speaker reported.
Intraoperative temperatures as low as 35.5°C and no warming appear to be safe for major noncardiac surgery, according to data from the PROTECT trial presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.
“Anesthetics profoundly impair thermoregulatory control. Consequently, nearly all unwarmed surgical patients become hypothermic,”