Hypothermia Collection

In the Clinical Practice Guideline, ‘‘ASPAN’s Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Promotion of Perioperative Normothermia’’ (Volume 24, Issue 5, Page 277, October 2009), the following corrections/clarifications have been made to the Intraoperative Recommendations section, Interventions, 2nd bullet:

• Patients undergoing a procedure with an anticipated anesthesia time greater than 30 minutes (Class I/Level C) and/or who are hypothermic preoperatively (Class I/Level A), or at risk for hypothermia (Class I/Level C), or at increased risk for suffering its complications (Class I/Level C)

• Forced-air warming should be implemented61, 103, 104, 118, 125-143
      (Class I/Level A)

In the Continuing Education posttest, "Unintentional Hypothermia: Implications for Perianesthesia Nurses" (Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 176, June 2009), the due date for the test answers was incorrectly printed as June 30, 2010. Test answers must instead be submitted before June 30, 2011, in order to receive contact hours.


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Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
Re: Incidence of Postoperative Hypothermia and the Relationship to Clinical Variables

April 2011 (Vol. 26 | No. 2 | Pages 72-73)

Elizabeth C. Morse, Elizabeth H. Winslow Correspondence

72-73
Preprocedure Warming Maintains Normothermia Throughout the Perioperative Period: A Quality Improvement Project

February 2011 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 9-14)

Katie Hooven Full-length article

9-14
Research News: Perioperative Normothermia

February 2011 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 46-48)

Mary W. Stewart Short communication

46-48
ASPAN’s Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Promotion of Perioperative Normothermia: Second Edition

December 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 346-365)

Vallire D. Hooper, Robin Chard, Theresa Clifford, Susan Fetzer, Susan Fossum, Barbara Godden, Elizabeth A. Martinez, Kim A. Noble, Denise O’Brien, Jan Odom-Forren, Corey Peterson, Jacqueline Ross, Linda Wilson et al. Full-length article

346-365
Revisiting the ASPAN Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Promotion of Perioperative Normothermia

December 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 343-345)

Vallire D. Hooper Full-length article

343-345
Prevention of Hypothermia by Infusion of Warm Fluid During Abdominal Surgery

December 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 366-370)

Xu Hong-xia, You Zhi-jian, Zhang Hong, Li Zhiqing Full-length article

366-370
Incidence of Postoperative Hypothermia and the Relationship to Clinical Variables

October 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 5 | Pages 286-289)

Shari M. Burns, Kathy Piotrowski, Guy Caraffa, Mary Wojnakowski Full-length article

286-289
Therapeutic Hypothermia: A Case Study

June 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 3 | Pages 141-145)

Anne Federico Full-length article

141-145
Normothermia and Patient Comfort: A Comparative Study in an Outpatient Surgery Setting

June 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 3 | Pages 146-151)

Dianne Leeth, Myrna Mamaril, Kathleen S. Oman, Barbara Krumbach Full-length article

146-151
Comfort, Satisfaction, and Anxiolysis in Surgical Patients Using a Patient-Adjustable Comfort Warming System: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

April 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 2 | Pages 88-93)

Denise O'Brien, Mary Lou V.H. Greenfield, Jane E. Anderson, Beverly A. Smith, Michelle Morris et al. Full-length article

88-93
Postoperative Rewarming: Are There Alternatives to Warm Hospital Blankets

February 2010 (Vol. 25 | No. 1 | Pages 11-23)

Eugene Pikus, Vallire D. Hooper Full-length article

11-23
ASPAN's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Promotion of Perioperative Normothermia

October 2009 (Vol. 24 | No. 5 | Pages 271-287)

Vallire D. Hooper, Robin Chard, Theresa Clifford, Susan Fetzer, Susan Fossum, Barbara Godden, Elizabeth A. Martinez, Kim A. Noble, Denise O'Brien, Jan Odom-Forren, Corey Peterson, Jacqueline Ross et al. Full-length article

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271-287
Unintentional Hypothermia: Implications for Perianesthesia Nurses

June 2009 (Vol. 24 | No. 3 | Pages 167-176)

Shari M. Burns, Mary Wojnakowski, Kathy Piotrowski, Guy Caraffa Full-length article

167-176
Comparison of Temperature Measurement Devices in Post Anesthesia Patients

February 2008 (Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 36-48)

Georgita Tolbert Washington, Joetta Lynn Matney Full-length article

36-48
A Clinical Evaluation of the Cost and Time Effectiveness of the ASPAN Hypothermia Guideline

February 2008 (Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 24-35)

Devon Berry, Cherrie Wick, Penny Magons Full-length article

24-35
Adoption of the ASPAN Clinical Guideline for the Prevention of Unplanned Perioperative Hypothermia: A Data Collection Tool

June 2006 (Vol. 21 | No. 3 | Pages 177-185)

Vallire D. Hooper Full-length article

177-185
Chill Can Kill

June 2006 (Vol. 21 | No. 3 | Pages 204-207)

Kim A. Noble Full-length article

204-207
Temperature Measurement in the Phase I PACU

February 2006 (Vol. 21 | No. 1 | Pages 27-36)

Nancy Stanhope Full-length article

27-36
Surgical considerations in the elderly

December 2004 (Vol. 19 | No. 6 | Pages 406-414)

Mary E. Asher Full-length article

406-414
Geriatric anesthesia implications

December 2004 (Vol. 19 | No. 6 | Pages 379-384)

Stephanie Monarch, Kathleen Wren Full-length article

379-384
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