Additional insulation vs forced air warming: Shivering
Additional insulation showed no clear difference in shivering observation by staff compared with forced air warming (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Additional insulation vs forced air warming Shivering observation by staff · patients with preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia Additional insulation showed no clear difference in shivering observation by staff compared with forced air warming (low certainty). Thermal insulation for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 3 [0.48, 18.69] | 3 studies · 280 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal insulation for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.