Incidence of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in pediatric laparoscopic surgery: a prospective observational single-center study.

Abstract Objective The pediatric age group is in the risk group for Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) due to insufficient subcutaneous adipose tissue and underdeveloped thermoregulatory responses. We aimed to determine the frequency of IPH in the pediatric age group undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Methods The study is prospective observational. Pediatric patients (1-18 years old) who underwent laparoscopic surgery under general anaesthesia were evelueted. The tympanic membrane temperature measurements of the patients (°C) were recorded before anaesthesia induction (T0) and then every 15 minutes during the surgery. Results A total of 100 patients were evaluated. The frequency of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia was detected 13 (13%). Frequency of IPH on elective surgery patients was higher than emergency surgery (