Too Cool? Hip Fracture Care and Maintaining Body Temperature

Too Cool? Hip Fracture Care and Maintaining Body Temperature

Introduction: Patients with hip fractures can become cold during the perioperative period despite measures applied to maintain warmth. Poor temperature control is linked with increasing complications and poorer functional outcomes. There is generic evidence for the benefits of maintaining normotherm...

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Main Authors: James Arkley, Suhib Taher MUDr, Ján Dixon MBBS, Gemma Dietz-Collin BSc, Stacey Wales BSc, MSc, Faye Wilson MBBS, MSC, William Eardley MBChB, MSc, PGCert Med ED, DipSEM (UK&I), MD, FRCSEd (Tr&Orth)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459320949478

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459320949478

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