Table 2.
The approaches of the participants to statements regarding hypothermia
| No answer n (%) |
I Certainly disagree n (%) |
I disagree n (%) |
I don’t have information n (%) |
I agree n (%) |
I Certainly agree n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perioperative hypothermia is an important problem for all patients. n (312) | 13 (4.3) | 2 (0.7) | 25 (7.5) | 0 | 94 (30.3) | 178 (57.2) |
| Risk of hypothermia increases with the increase in ASA score | 118 (38) | 9 (2.6) | 4 (1.3) | 28 (9.0) | 78 (25.1) | 75 (24.0) |
| Risk of hypothermia increases in medium and major surgeries | 6 (1.9) | 3 (1.0) | 4 (1.3) | 0 | 96 (30.7) | 203 (65.1) |
| Hypothermia risk increases in combined general and regional anaesthesia application | 15 (4.8) | 0 | 55 (17.6) | 45 (14.4) | 118 (37.9) | 79 (25.3) |
| Operating room temperature is very important for the comfortable work of the surgical team | 2 (0.8) | 65 (20.1) | 0 | 10 (3.2) | 167 (53.3) | 68 (21.2) |
| Perioperative hypothermia impairs drug metabolism | 11 (3.6) | 0 | 6 (1.7) | 5 (1.6) | 120 (38.7) | 170 (54.4) |
| Perioperative hypothermia prolongs the recovery period | 26 (8.2) | 4 (1.3) | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | 66 (21.1) | 210 (67.5) |
| Hypothermia increases oxygen consumption during surgery | 20 (6.4) | 9 (2.9) | 28 (9.0) | 16 (5.1) | 92 (29.5) | 147 (47.1) |
| Hypothermia increases the amount of bleeding during surgery | 13 (4.2) | 55 (17.3) | 25 (8.0) | 50 (16.0) | 80 (25.6) | 89 (28.8) |
| Hypothermia increases the risk for wound infection | 11 (3.5) | 56 (17.9) | 19 (6.1) | 76 (24.4) | 70 (22.4) | 80 (25.6) |