perioperative normothermia

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Surgery A maneuver that attempts to counter adverse immune effects of perioperative hypothermia, due to anesthetic-induced impairment of thermoregulation, exposure to cold, and altered heat production in tissues, ↓ chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and oxidative killing of bacteria by PMNs, and ↓ resistance to infection in certain bacteria–eg, E coli, S aureus

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