Abstract
Body temperature management is very important to be controlled in surgery because there are so many effects that can be caused due to uncontrolled body temperature during operations such as decreased heart rate, breathing frequency and blood pressure, the skin becomes cyanotic, and even can cause disturbance of consciousness. The body already has a mechanism that can reduce the risk of a decrease in temperature during surgery such as skin vasoconstriction, changes in behavior, shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis. Many factors can influence changes in body temperature thermoregulation in the operating room such as operating room temperature, area of surgery wound, fluid, age, anesthesia, and the duration of the operation, so that we need to know perioperative temperature management.
Highlights
Body temperature varies at any time and is maintained within a normal range of between 36.5°C to 37.5°C at ambient temperature
Hypothermia is a post-anesthesia complication that is often found in the recovery room, both post-general and regional anesthesia
When the ambient temperature is lower than body temperature, the posterior hypothalamus responds by increasing heat production through increased metabolism and skeletal muscle activity in the form of shivering
Summary
Body temperature varies at any time and is maintained within a normal range of between 36.5°C to 37.5°C at ambient temperature. Body temperature is controlled by the thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus by balancing excess heat production with loss. Body temperature is controlled by the thermoregulation center in the hypothalamus by balancing excess heat production with heat loss.
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