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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

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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, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 4

Take Our Patient Warming Quiz

Answers to burning questions about unplanned hypothermia.

Terry C. Wicks, MHS

Heat loss during surgery? Nearly unavoidable. Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia? Largely preventable. Yet hypothermia remains the most frequent complication of surgery. Research shows that hypothermia causes many physiological changes that may predispose patients to surgical site infections. It may also prolong patient recovery and decrease drug metabolism and clearance. Here's a quiz designed to test your knowledge of the causes, complications and cures of intraoperative hypothermia.

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