Prevalence of perioperative hypothermia and predisposing factors in a children's hospital

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 173 - 178, 20.08.2022

Kübra Evren Şahin , Murat Celal Sözbilen

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.1122479

Abstract

Aim: Perioperative hypothermia is more common in pediatric patients than in adult patients due to increased body surface area/weight ratio and limited subcutaneous fat deposits. Therefore, active and passive warming techniques are used more frequently in the surgeries applied to pediatric patients. This study presents the prevalence of perioperative hypothermia and the predisposing conditions for perioperative hypothermia in pediatric orthopedic surgeries in which active and passive warming techniques are applied.

Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive, and observational study included 102 children admitted to the pediatric orthopedic clinic of a children’s hospital. Temperature measurements were made with a calibrated infrared tympanic thermometer in all cases while they were waiting in the service room, when they entered the operation theater, when they left the operation theater and when they left the postoperative care unit. Their demographic data, hemogram and thyroid hormone parameters, preoperative fasting times related to the procedure and temperature were recorded. Also, the humidity and temperature values of the operating theater, the operation type performed, the duration of the operation, the time spent in the operating theater and the recovery time from anesthesia, were all recorded in their follow-up forms. Data analysis was done using the SPSS V21.0 and was conducted at a 95% confidence interval.

Results: Hypothermia was observed in 20.58% of 102 patients included in the study. Predisposing factors for perioperative hypothermia included the fact that the patient had a diagnosis of concomitant cerebral palsy, the patient's body temperature was low in the service area, low temperature and humidity values in the operating theatre and staying in the operating theatre for a prolonged period of time.

Conclusion: Although active and passive warming techniques are applied during the operation, perioperative hypothermia was observed in 20.58% of pediatric patients who underwent the orthopedic operation. Consideration of predisposing factors together with active and passive warming techniques may reduce the incidence of perioperative hypothermia.

Keywords

Hypothermia, Risk factors, Orthopedic surgery

Bir Çocuk Hastanesinde Perioperatif Hipotermi Prevalansı ve Predispozan Faktörler

Abstract

Amaç: Perioperatif hipotermi, artmış vücut yüzey alanı/ağırlık oranı ve sınırlı cilt altı yağ depoları nedeniyle pediatrik hastalarda yetişkin hastalara göre daha sık görülür. Bu nedenle pediatrik hastalara uygulanan cerrahilerde aktif ve pasif ısıtma teknikleri daha sık kullanılır. Bu çalışmada aktif ve pasif ısıtma tekniklerinin uygulandığı pediatrik ortopedik cerrahilerde perioperatif hipotermi sıklığının ve perioperatif hipotermi için predispozan durumların belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel, tanımlayıcı ve gözlemsel çalışmaya bir çocuk hastanesinin pediatrik ortopedi kliniğine başvuran 102 çocuk dahil edildi. Tüm olguların servis odasında beklerken, operasyon odasına girerken, operasyon odasından çıkarken, postoperatif bakım ünitesinden ayrılırken kalibrasyonu yapılmış infrared timpanik termometre ile ateş ölçümleri yapıldı. Hastaların demografik verileri, hemogram ve tiroid hormon parametreleri, prosedürle ilgili olarak operasyon öncesi açlık süreleri ve ateşleri kaydedildi. Ayıca operasyon odasının ısı ve nem değerleri, yapılan operasyon, operasyon süresi, operasyon odasında geçirdiği süre, anesteziden derlenme süresi gibi veriler olgu takip formlarına kaydedildi. Verilerin analizi SPSS 21.0 ile yapıldı ve %95 güven aralığında çalışıldı.

Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahil edilen 102 hastanın %20,58'inde hipotermi gözlendi. Perioperatif hipotermi için predispozan faktörler; hastanın eşlik eden serebral palsi tanısının olması, hastanın serviste vücut ısısının düşük olması, operasyon salonunun ısı ve nem değerlerinin düşük olması, operasyon salonunda uzun süre kalınması olarak belirlendi.

Sonuç: Operasyon sırasında aktif ve pasif ısıtma teknikleri uygulanmasına rağmen ortopedik cerrahi uygulanan pediatrik hastaların %20,58’inde perioperatif hipotermi izlendi. Aktif ve pasif ısıtma teknikleri ile birlikte predispozan faktörlerin dikkate alınması perioperatif hipotermi sıklığını azaltabilir.

Keywords

Hipotermi, Ortopedik cerrahi, Risk faktörleri

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