31Jan 2017

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED IN BENEFICIAL PREVENTING HYPOTHERMIA FOR ADULT TRAUMA PATIENTS IN ACCIDENT

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Accidental hypothermia increases mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. Various methods for insulating and wrapping hypothermic patients are used worldwide. Prevention and early correction of cold exposure is important because hypothermia is an independent predictor of increased morbidity and mortality in injured patients. Systematic review was conducted evidence based studies were searched in Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane central database, all to July, 2016. Every type of studies including revies, prospective studies and retrospective studies with prospective collected data were included. Qualities of included studies were assessed by a standardised scale previous reported for observational studies. It is difficult to determine whether admission hypothermia occurs because of prolonged patient exposure to ambient temperatures, heat loss from open body cavities, or because of aggressive fluid resuscitation with room temperature IV. Passive re-warming strategies and an effective first step on slowing the rate of deterioration, although these measures used in isolation are often insufficient to prevent hypothermia in severely injured patients.


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3065      
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