From: Perioperative temperature management: a survey of 6 Asia–Pacific countries
Variable | Number of operating theaters | p-value | Odds ratio | 95% C.I. for OR | ||||
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< 5 | 5–10 | 11–20 | > 20 | Lower | Upper | |||
Primary variables | ||||||||
Measure temperature preoperatively | 90 (40.7%) | 142 (43.7%) | 181 (48.9%) | 118 (49.6%) | 0.023 | 1.141 | 1.018 | 1.279 |
Perform prewarming | 38 (17.2%) | 62 (19.1%) | 113 (30.5%) | 66 (27.7%) | < 0.001 | 1.293 | 1.130 | 1.480 |
Measure temperature intraoperatively during general anesthesia (n = 1137) | 94 (43.7%) | 174 (54.4%) | 303 (82.6%) | 196 (83.4%) | < 0.001 | 2.130 | 1.856 | 2.444 |
Perform intraoperative active warming | 58 (26.2%) | 122 (37.5%) | 197 (53.2%) | 131 (55.0%) | < 0.001 | 1.550 | 1.375 | 1.746 |
Measure temperature postoperatively | 194 (87.8%) | 255 (78.5%) | 295 (79.7%) | 209 (87.8%) | 0.828 | 1.017 | 0.876 | 1.180 |
Perform postoperative active warming | 70 (31.7%) | 135 (42.5%) | 181 (48.9%) | 100 (42.0%) | 0.005 | 1.178 | 1.012 | 1.370 |
Participant characteristics | ||||||||
Active warming devices always available for use in the operating room | 147 (66.5%) | 269 (82.8%) | 348 (94.1%) | 215 (90.3%) | < 0.001 | 1.999 | 1.679 | 2.380 |
Temperature measurement devices always available for use in the operating room | 184 (83.3%) | 294 (90.5%) | 351 (94.9%) | 221 (92.9%) | < 0.001 | 1.516 | 1.236 | 1.860 |
“Rarely to never” financially restricted in temperature management equipment (n = 1052) | 184 (83.3%) | 294 (90.5%) | 351 (94.9%) | 221 (92.9%) | < 0.001 | 1.337 | 1.180 | 1.515 |
Presence of hospital training courses (n = 1052) | 30 (16.3%) | 64 (22.3%) | 110 (31.1%) | 77 (33.9%) | < 0.001 | 1.389 | 1.208 | 1.598 |
Presence of hospital standard operating procedure (SOP) (n = 1052) | 23 (12.5%) | 59 (20.6%) | 88 (24.9%) | 58 (25.6%) | 0.001 | 1.292 | 1.113 | 1.499 |