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Fundamentals

• It is commonly accepted that unintentional perioperative hypothermia can cause major complications for surgical patients.
• Convective air warming systems together with dry fluid warming systems have proven to be the most effective method to maintain the patients’ normothermia, before, during and after surgery and therefore to prevent complications associated with unintentional hypothermia..
• The cost of implementing warming systems are justified against the inconveniences of treating complications as consequence of unintentional hypothermia.