Hypothermia in a surgical intensive care unit

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 3 Predictors of core hypothermia by multiple logistic regression

Variable	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Magnitude of surgery
Medium	3.6 (1.5 – 9.0)	0.005
Major	3.9 (1.4 – 10.6)	0.008
Intravenous crystalloids (L)	1.4 (1.1 – 1.7)	0.012
Previous temperature in the ward	0.3 (0.1 – 0.7)	0.003
Score of Acute Physiologic system (SAPS II)	1.0 (1.0 – 1.7)	0.014

Model adjusted to: previous temperature in the ward, magnitude of surgical procedure, type of anesthesia, use of temperature monitoring, use of warming technique, total intravenous crystalloids, total packed erythrocytes, duration of anesthesia and SAPS II score

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