Magnitude Of Interaoperative And Postoperative Hypothermia And Associated Factors Among Pediatric Patients That Were Operated In Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

BACKGROUND: -Humans maintain constant body temperature within a wide range of changesrnin external environment. Perioperative hypothermia is one of the major problems during surgeryrnthat can affect operated pediatric patients.rnOBJECTIVE: - The objective of this study was to determine magnitude of intraoperative andrnpostoperative hypothermia and determinant factors among pediatric patients operated in TikurrnAnbessa Specialized Hospital from January to February, 2016.rnMETHODS: - Study was conducted with Cross sectional study design. All selected electivernsurgical pediatric patients, between 1 January 2016 and 30 March2016 were eligible to the study.rnData was entered into Epi info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. BinaryrnLogistic regression was used to test each factor with the dependent variable, and variables with Prnvalue of

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