The influence of perioperative active warming on post-operative pain and shivering in pre-schoolers

Patients in group A- they were heated with forced air warmer during preoperative and postoperative period- were managed with administrations following respectively. Firstly, Patients preparing in the service to go to the operating room were blanketed with the special apron of the device(forced air warmer) and the device was set up to 43 °C. Patients were heated until they were taken to the operating table throughout 30 minutes at least by the researcher. During the warming core body temperature were measured via the zero heat flux thermometer. Secondly, When the patients were taken to the operating table, heating with a forced air warmer was terminated by the researcher. The patients were warmed from the beginning to the end of the anesthesia with a carbon fiber blanket that was previously activated at 38 °C, and the temperature was monitored via the zero heat flux thermometer. Finally, during the postoperative period, after coming out of anesthesia, warming with a carbon fiber blanket was terminated and warming with forced air warmer was restarted and gone on until the patient dressed his/her own clothes. Throughout the whole active warming process, preoperatiively and postoperatively, warmer device was turned off when the core temperature of the patient reached to 37.5 °C and it was turned on again when the temperature mentioned before reached below of the 36.5 °C.