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. 2014 Jun 4;2014(6):CD009908. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009908.pub2

Bennett 1994.

Methods Single centre RCT, UK
Participants Patients undergoing elective hip arthroplasty. Age range 54 to 89, mean 73, 30 male, 15 female
Exclusions: grossly obese, malnourished, endocrine abnormalities, pyrexia
Interventions 1) No intraoperative warming
2) reflective insulation (Thermolite)
3) forced air warming
Outcomes Aural canal temperature at end of procedure, transfusion as dichotomous data and mean (SD) transfusion in those transfused
Notes All: IV crystalloid infusion at ambient temp (19‐21 ºC), blood warmed to 37 ºC
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Allocated randomly"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk "Allocated randomly"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No blinding described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Other outcomes Unclear risk No blinding described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No loss to follow up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No clear evidence
Other bias Low risk None expected