A Systematic Review of Intraoperative Warming to Prevent Postoperative Complications

 The authors acknowledge Peter Royle, MB, BS, FFARCS, consultant anaesthetist, North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust, Stockton-on-Tees, England, for assisting in the assessment of abstracts and identifying studies for inclusion; staff members in the Research and Development Office and John Blenkinsopp, BA(Hons), ALA, clinical effectiveness advisor, and other staff members at the Medical Library, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, England, for assistance; and Amanda McGough, RGN, BSc, MSc, clinical effectiveness lead, Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust, North Yorkshire, England, who co-extracted data from Eileen M. Scott's own research.

 Editor's notes: Unconditional awards (ie, less than £5,000 in total) to assist in review preparation and administration were received from Actamed Ltd, West Yorkshire, UK, and Pegasus Ltd, Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, during 2002. These are companies that provide equipment for temperature management of surgical patients; however there are no products endorsed in this review.Eileen M. Scott has received speaking fees and been reimbursed for attending conferences and scientific meetings from Actamed Ltd and Augustine Medical International Corporation (now Arizant), Eden Prairie, Minn.Eileen M. Scott's own research, concerned with pressure ulcers and wound infection, met the eligibility criteria to be included in the review. Data extraction was carried out independently by Amanda McGough, RGN, BSc, MSc, clinical effectiveness lead, Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust, North Yorkshire, England.MEDLINE is a registered trademark of the US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md. CINAHL is a registered trademark of Cinahl Information Systems, Glendale, Calif. EMBASE is a registered trademark of Elsevier B V, Amsterdam.

PII: S0001-2092(06)60120-8

doi: 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)60120-8

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