Study shows single-use active self-warming blanket is as effective as forced-air warming in preventing hypothermia during surgery.
October 14, 2014 Mölnlycke Health Care today announces results from a study that demonstrates that an active, self-warming blanket (BARRIER® EasyWarm®) is equally effective as forced-air warming in preventing hypothermia in mid-duration surgery. The study, presented at the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, further shows that patients were kept comfortably warm both before and after surgery when using the active self-warming blanket. Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) is a serious and common side effect of anaesthesia, but it is also