Comparison of Core Temperature Changes Between Pediatric Patients Lying on Regular Operating Room Linen Drapes and Water-Repellent Sheepskin Rug in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

•Hypothermia during anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing major surgery is common in regular operating room temperatures.•Better body temperature can be preserved if the pediatric patients undergoing living liver donor transplantation were placed on water-repellent sheepskin rugs instead of regular linen drapes.•The use of a water-repellent sheepskin rug seems to be effective in preventing profound hypothermia related to physical contact with overflowing abdominal fluid during living donor liver transplant.