英文摘要 |
Background: Postoperative hypothermia is a frequent occurrence in surgical patients, leadingto an increase in postoperative complications. Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysisevaluated the effect of a nonpharmaceutical intervention, namely active warming systems, inalleviating surgical patients’ hypothermia. Methods: We used identified keywords to perform asearch of Airiti Library, the Cochrane Library, PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE for relevantstudies in English and Chinese languages published between January 1, 2016, and April 17, 2020.Literature search results were screened using proposed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Twelvearticles were included in the systematic review after the removal of articles with irrelevant topics.Study quality was assessed on the basis of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool 2.0, and a meta-analysiswas conducted using Review Manager 5.3. Results: Meta-analysis results indicated that thenonpharmaceutical intervention was effective in maintaining the average body temperature fromthe end of the operation to the time when the patient left the recovery room (standardized meandifference [SMD]: 0.54, 95% CI = [0.33, 0.75], heterogeneity I2 = 51%; p = .05) and during thesurgery period (SMD: 0.54, 95% CI = [0.45, 0.65], heterogeneity I2 = 36% ; p = .17). Conclusion:The nonpharmacological intervention of active warming systems exhibited significant alleviatingeffects on hypothermia both during the operation and from the end of the operation to the timewhen the patient left the recovery room. Therefore, the study findings should be applied to clinicalsettings to improve patient care quality. |