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Ernesto Ruivo1, Paulo Frias2, Idalina Rodrigues3
1Interno de Anestesiologia, Serviço de Anestesiologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Abstract:
According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), basic anesthetic monitoring addresses a set of parameters (oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, and temperature) that should be continually evaluated. Among these, temperature monitoring might be the most neglected by medical staff, entailing various consequences that might be undervalued and not seen as directly correlated with poor patient outcome. This clinical case depicts a postoperative patient with a state of hypothermia and severe shivering, clinically and objectively registered, that could have led to disastrous consequences, highlighting the importance of normothermia throughout the perioperative period.
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