Warming patients during spinal surgery

Abstract

Objective: The effect of active heating on the post-overative physiological parameters of patients who were operated on in the prone position and underwent laminectomy due to single-level lumbar stenosis was investigated. Materials and Methods: The study was evaluated with 60 patients in the operating room environment between March 1, 2022, and September 1, 2022. The experimental group was heated with a blanket; the control group was heated with a blown air system. Vital signs and laboratory values of all patients were evaluated before, during, immediately after, 8 and 24 hours after surgery. Immediately after anesthesia was given, the patients’ physiological changes/laboratory findings during the surgery, antibiotic monitoring schedule, and post-operative patient’s physiological changes/laboratory findings recording data were evaluated. Results: The patients received warmth from heated blankets in the recovery room both before and after the surgical procedure, while electrical devices were used for heating during the operation. Comparable outcomes were observed in the measurements of blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and body temperature among the patients. Additionally, the blood test results for all patients showed similarities. Conclusion: Both methods we used in our study were effective in preventing hypothermia. The physiological parameters of patients subjected to the two different warming techniques during surgery showed no significant difference (p>0.05).