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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > April, 2003 Vol. IV, No. 4

Do Warmer Patients Mean Better Outcomes?

When it comes to improving outcomes, decreasing costs and increasing safety, a few degrees can make all the difference.

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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