TABLE 4.
Temperature and Normothermia Rates of Cases and Controls at Various Perioperative Time Points
Temperature or Normothermia Rate (nm = Cases/Controls) | Cases n = 146 | Controls n = 323 | OR (95% CI) | P |
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Lowest intraoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 1/3) | 35.9 ± 0.8 | 35.7 ± 0.8 | 1.31 (1.01, 1.70) | 0.042 |
% Patients with lowest intraoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 1/3) | 44.8% | 37.8% | 1.34 (0.90, 1.99) | 0.15 |
Final intraoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 1/3) | 36.7 ± 0.7 | 36.5 ± 0.8 | 1.57 (1.19, 2.08) | 0.0015 |
% Patients with final intraoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 1/3) | 87.6% | 77.8% | 2.012 (1.15, 3.53) | 0.015 |
First postoperative temperature (mean ± SD) (nm = 4/5) | 36.4 ± 0.7 | 36.3 ± 0.7 | 1.31 (0.98, 1.73) | 0.065 |
% Patients with first postoperative temperature ≥36°C (nm = 4/5) | 70.6% | 65.3% | 1.34 (0.87, 2.074) | 0.19 |
CI indicates confidence interval; nm, number missing; SD, standard deviation.