Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization
Kurz A, Sessler DI, Lenhardt R. Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. New England Journal of Medicine. 1996;334(19):1209-1216.
This paper describes a randomized, double-blind study to test the hypothesis that mild core hypothermia increases the incidence of surgical wound infection and lengthens hospital stay in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
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