Investigation of the Effect of Heating Blanket Use on Bleeding and Long of Intensive Care Unit Stay After Major Open Urology Surgeries

Objective:Intraoperative hypothermia causes increased bleeding, increased transfusion risks, long of intensive care unit stay and subsequently higher medical costs. This study aimed to determine the effects of hypothermia on perioperative bleeding and intensive care unit stay duration in patients undergoing major oncological urology surgery.Materials and Methods:Following approval of this study by the ethics committee, demographic characteristics, surgery type, operation time, lowest perioperative body temperature, hemodynamic parameters, the use of heating blanket during surgery, the amount of bleeding and transfusion, postoperative long of intensive care unit stay in patients who underwent open major urological surgery during 2015-2018 were retrospectively evaluated. Esophageal probe was used for temperature monitoring following anesthesia induction and a body temperature of