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. 2015 Apr 13;2015(4):CD009891. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009891.pub2

Xu 2010.

Methods Single‐centre study from China
Participants ASA I or II adult patients requiring general anaesthesia for abdominal surgery; 30 patients aged 18 to 65, 19 female, 11 male
Exclusion criteria: thyroid disease, dysautonomia, malignant hyperthermia
Interventions Room temperature intravenous fluids (n = 15): volume infused 2.1 ± 0.4 litres over 174 ± 14 minutes
Intravenous fluids warmed to 37°C with hotline (n = 15): volume infused 2.0 ± 0.3 litres over 164 ± 11 minutes
Both groups had unwarmed cotton blankets; operating temperature was maintained at 24°C and humidity at 30%
Outcomes Tympanic temperature was recorded every 30 minutes, as was the incidence of shivering
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk 'Random digits table'
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Observer evaluating shivering was blinded to the study; low risk for shivering, unclear for temperature
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No loss to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No evidence of this
Other bias Low risk None