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Patient warming used to be about keeping patients cozy and comfortable, but today the focus is on the science and the economics behind the warmth - specifically, how active warming methods can prevent such dangerous and costly complications of hypothermia as delayed recoveries and unintended outcomes. It follows that if patient warming improves surgical outcomes and shortens postanesthesia unit (PACU) stays, patient warming also decreases facility costs and provides a safer patient environment.
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