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. 2016 Apr 21;2016(4):CD009016. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009016.pub2

Moysés 2014.

Methods Design: RCT
Operative phase: intra‐ and postoperative
Withdrawals: none
Setting: 1 centre (Brazil)
Sample size: 38
Funding: none reported
Participants Age (mean): 57.5 yrs
Gender (M/F): 21/17
ASA grade: not reported
Surgery type: open gastrointestinal surgery
Surgery duration (mean): > 2 hrs (214.6/291.6 mins)
Anaesthesia type: general
Interventions Intervention (ABSW1): n = 19
Thermal blanket (no further details are provided)
Temperature set at: 38ºC
Duration: intraoperative + during recovery
Body area covered: lower limbs
Intervention (ABSW2): n = 19
Thermal mattress (no further details are provided)
Temperature set at : 37ºC beginning and 38ºC end
Duration: intraoperative + during recovery
Body area covered: underneath
Co‐interventions: none reported
Room temperature (mean): 20.7° ‐ 23.3°C
Outcomes Fluids infused (crystalloids; starch)
Transusion (RBC; plasma)
Notes Comparison 2
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Drawing of envelopes
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Study is described as double‐blind but no details are provided
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Study is described as double‐blind but no details are provided
Baseline comparability of groups Low risk To a high extent according to Table 1
Co‐interventions equal between groups Unclear risk No details are reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All randomized participants were analysed
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk We did not have access to the protocol, therefore we cannot exclude risk of selective reporting with the information provided
Other bias Low risk