GE Healthcare enFlow IV Fluid and Blood Warmer - Booklet - Manual (Page 3)

enFlow Mobility:
Hypothermia’s Negative Effect Throughout
The Care Continuum
Preoperative warming reduces
the impact of heat redistribution
caused by anesthesia, leading to
a more stable core temperature
throughout surgery and on entry
into PACU. 6
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Pre-Op
Within the first 30 minutes of
anesthesia core temperature
may already have decreased by
1.50 °C 9 leading to increased blood
loss, reduced productivity and an
increased risk of infection.
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Hallway
Hypothermic patients on average
take 40 minutes longer to recover.
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Hypothermia can occur in up to 90%
of all surgeries 11 and now with millions
of day procedures being carried out
every year it is imperative that patients
recover safely and quickly to maintain
the demand on services.
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Day Surgery
Normothermic patients are less
prone to postoperative cardiac
events and leave PACU earlier than
those suffering from hypothermia. 12
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PACU
Hypothermia reduces resistance to
surgical wound infections. 13
Fluids or blood may continue to be
delivered in the ICU where patients
remain at risk from the effects of
hypothermia.
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ICU
Each liter of intravenous fluid infused into adult patients at ambient
temperature decreases the mean body temperature by approximately
0.25 °C. 7
Trauma patients often arrive in a hypothermic state and continue to lose
body heat during examination by care providers. It is well documented that
warming blood and IV fluids will help maintain normothermia which in turn
can reduce the risks associate with a core temperature below 36 °C. 8
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