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Table 4 Incidences of adverse events under intraoperative hypothermia definition of <36·0°C, <35·5°C, or <35·0°C

From: Safety of intraoperative hypothermia for patients: meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and observational studies

 

36·0°C

35·5°

35·0°C

Normothermia

Hypothermia

Pa

Normothermia

Hypothermia

Pa

Normothermia

Hypothermia

Pa

Esophagectomy

 Intraoperative bleed ml

285·19 (171·11)

255·70 (144·24)

0·297

273·29 (157·37)

263·28 (160·52)

0·511

279·24 (162·95)

213·66 (109·77)

0·108

 Length of stay d

20·95 (16·40)

21·60 (36·73)

0·277

20·44 (14·97)

22·95 (45·23)

0·066

22·10±(30·76)

16·29 (6·32)

0·140

 Length of PACU min

0·43 (0·09)

0·39 (0·14)

0·302

0·37 (0·16)

0·38 (0·16)

0·868

0·38 (0·17)

0·37 (0·10)

0·478

 Superficial Surgical Site Infection %

2/58

0/62

0·232

2/80

0/40

0·552

2/103

0/17

1·000

 Shivering %

0/58

2/62

0·496

0/80

2/40

0·109

0/103

2/17

0·019

Pancreatectomy

 Intraoperative bleed ml

541·48 (434·55)

542·71 (506·23)

0·808

528·87 (416·52)

615·73 (154·90)

0·977

527·12 (421·15)

1118·33 (1300·47)

0·528

 Length of stay d

23·82 (12·59)

24·22 (11·75)

0·844

23·20 (11·77)

27·50 (14·42)

0·273

23·75 (12·26)

27·33 (12·58)

0·533

 Length of PACU min

0·46 (0·18)

0·50 (0·18)

0·272

0·46 (0·19)

0·51 (0·25)

0·166

0·46 (0·20)

0·33

0·337

 Superficial Surgical Site Infection %

2/79

1/41

1·000

2/102

1/18

0·389

3/117

0/3

1·000

 Shivering %

0/79

0/41

-

0/102

0/18

-

0/117

0/3

-

  1. aChi-square test for categorical variables, T-test or rank sum test for continuous variables