International Journal of Clinical Research

Objective: To study the effect of comprehensive thermal insulation intervention on reducing hypothermia in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Methods: Patients in the undergraduate department at two time periods were selected as the research objects, including 30 orthopaedic patients admitted from July to November 2020 as the control group, and 30 orthopaedic patients admitted from July to November 2021 as the experimental group. Comprehensive thermal insulation intervention was given, and the incidence of hypothermia in the two groups was counted. Wound infection, intraoperative blood loss and hospital stay were counted. Results: When entering the operating room, the body temperature of the two groups was basically the same (P>0.05), the intraoperative and post-operative body temperature of patients in the experimental group had no significant change compared with the body temperature when entering the operating room, the intraoperative and post-operative body temperature of patients in the control group decreased significantly, lower than that in the experimental group (P<0.05). The incidence of hypothermia and incision infection rate in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group, the amount of intraoperative blood loss was less than that in the control group, and the length of hospital stay was shorter than that in the control group, with significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusion: Comprehensive thermal insulation intervention for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery is helpful to reduce the incidence of surgical hypothermia, and has significant effects on reducing incision infection rate and intraoperative blood loss. It is also beneficial to patients faster recovery and discharge, and has high clinical promotion value.

Orthopedics; The Operating Room. Low Temperature; Comprehensive Insulation Intervention