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Active warming systems for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults

Urrútia G, Roqué i Figuls M, Campos JM, Paniagua P, Cibrian Sánchez S, Maestre L, Álvarez C, Gempeler FE, Alonso-Coello P
Published Online: 
March 16, 2011
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To assess the effectiveness of pre or intraoperative active warming systems, or both, to prevent perioperative complications from hypothermia during surgery in adults.

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