%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of the EasyWarm£¿ self
%A Amanda J Kerton
%A Hosim Prasai Thapa
%A Philip J Peyton
%J Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
%@ 1448-0271
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0310057X19840264
%X The importance of preventing hypothermia in the perioperative period cannot be overemphasised. The use of active warming devices is advocated and practised widely. The forced-air warming (FAW) blanket is currently a popular modality. The BARRIER£¿ EasyWarm£¿ (M£¿lnlycke Healthcare, Belrose, Australia) self-heating blanket, which does not require a power unit, has been proposed as an easy-to-use alternative to the FAW blanket. We conducted a single-centre, randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of the EasyWarm£¿ self-heating blanket to the Cocoon blanket (Care Essentials, North Geelong, Australia), a conventional FAW blanket, in preventing intraoperative hypothermia. Forty patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia lasting >1 h were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Prewarming was not allowed; 39 patients were analysed (19 EasyWarm£¿ group and 20 Cocoon blanket group). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups with regard to the mean (¡Àstandard deviation) final nasopharyngeal temperature (35.89£¿¡À£¿0.82£¿¡ãC versus 35.74£¿¡À£¿0.77£¿¡ãC; P£¿=£¿0.72 in the Cocoon and EasyWarm£¿ blanket groups, respectively). Similarly, the difference between average temperatures at 1, 2 and 3 h was not statistically significant. We found the EasyWarm£¿ blanket to be as effective as the Cocoon FAW blanket in preventing intraoperative hypothermia. Due to its ease of use, the EasyWarm£¿ blanket may have an additional benefit in preoperative warming of patients
%K Hypothermia
%K intraoperative
%K forced-air warming
%K EasyWarm£¿
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0310057X19840264