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What do systematic reviews say?

5 questions · 5 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia · Headline outcomes only

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Active body surface warming systems vs control

Infection and complications of the surgical wound · adults undergoing surgery

Active body surface warming systems may leads to lower infection and complications of the surgical wound compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.36 [0.2, 0.66]
3 studies · 589 participants
Low

Active body surface warming systems vs control

Major cardiovascular complications (cardiovascular death, non‐fatal myocardial infarction, non‐fatal stroke, and non‐fatal cardiac arrest) · adults undergoing surgery

Active body surface warming systems showed no clear difference in major cardiovascular complications (cardiovascular death, non‐fatal… compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.22 [0.05, 1]
1 study · 300 participants
Low

Active body surface warming systems vs control

All‐cause mortality · adults undergoing surgery

Active body surface warming systems showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.01 [0.26, 4]
2 studies · 500 participants
Low

Active body surface warming systems vs control

Number of patients transfused ( · adults undergoing surgery

Active body surface warming systems showed no clear difference in participants transfused compared with control (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.79 [0.5, 1.23]
8 studies · 621 participants
Moderate

Active body surface warming systems vs control

Shivering · adults undergoing surgery

Active body surface warming systems leads to lower chills/shivering compared with control (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0
29 studies · 1922 participants
High