Skip to main content

Table 2 Secondary maternal and neonatal outcomes

From: Effects of combined warmed preoperative forced-air and warmed perioperative intravenous fluids on maternal temperature during cesarean section: a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial

 

Intervention (n = 68)

Control (n = 64)

P value

PACU arrival temperature °C

36.2 ± 0.4

35.5 ± 0.3

0.007

Delivery temperature °C

36.6 ± 0.3

36.0 ± 0.3

< 0.0001

Perioperative shivering

13(19.1%)

36(56.3%)

< 0.0001

Shivering assessment score

0 [0–0]

1 [0–2]

0.01

Perioperative hyperthermia

14(20.6%)

33(51.6%)

< 0.0001

Apgar score

 1 min

9 [9–9]

9 [9–9]

0.21

 5 min

10 [10–10]

10 [10–10]

0.43

 Neonatal temperature °C

36.3 ± 0.3

36.3 ± 0.4

0.350

  1. Data are expressed as means ± SDs, medians [interquartile ranges], or numbers (%)
  2. Bedside Shivering Assessment Scale: 0 = no shivering; 1 = shivering localized to the core and neck; 2 = shivering including the upper extremities; 3 = total body shivering
  3. OR operating room, PACU post-anesthesia care unit