Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Derivation and Validation Cohorts.

From: Establishment and Validation of a Prediction Equation to Estimate Risk of Intraoperative Hypothermia in Patients Receiving General Anesthesia

Variables

Derivation Cohort (n = 3132)

Validation Cohort (n = 830)

Age

  mean ± std (yr)

53.51 ± 13.80

50.1 ± 16.9

  <=65 n (%)

2502 (79.89)

723 (88.1)

  >65 n (%)

630 (20.11)

107 (12.9)

Gender, n (%)

  Male

1468 (46.87)

500 (60.2)

  Female

1664 (53.13)

330 (39.8)

BMI, mean ± std

23.60 ± 3.60

24.7 ± 7.2

ASA, n (%)

  1

335 (10.70)

282 (33.8)

  2

2431 (77.62)

468 (56.1)

  3

358 (11.43)

78 (9.4)

  4

8 (0.25)

4 (0.5)

Type of Surgery, n (%)

  General Surgery

1303 (41.60)

234 (28.2)

  OB/GYN

533 (17.02)

227 (27.4)

  Peripheral Vascular Surgery

9 (0.29)

12 (1.5)

  Cardiovascular Surgery

458 (14.62)

8 (0.9)

  Thoracic Surgery

7 (0.22)

70 (8.4)

  Orthopedic Surgery

332 (10.60)

126 (15.2)

  Neurosurgery

1 (0.03)

22 (2.7)

  Urology

431 (13.76)

72 (8.7)

  Plastic Surgery

3 (0.10)

27 (3.3)

  Others

55 (1.75)

32 (3.9)

Magnitude of Surgery, n (%)

  minor

12 (0.38)

5 (0.6)

  intermediate

243 (7.76)

169 (20.4)

  major

1235 (39.43)

421 (50.7)

  major plus

1642 (52.43)

235 (23.8)

Invasiveness of surgery, n (%)

  endoscopic surgery

1597 (50.99)

427 (51.5%)

open surgery

1535 (49.01)

403 (48.5%)

Mode of Anesthesia, n (%)

  general

2988 (95.40)

783 (94.3)

  general + regional

144 (4.60)

47 (5.7)

  Total Anesthesia Time, mean ± std, (h)

2.97 ± 1.49

2.5 ± 1.5

  Overall Incidence of Hypothermia (%)

44.30%

39.90%

Baseline core temperature prior to anesthesia (°C)

  mean ± std

37.2 ± 0.3

37.1 ± 0.4

OR ambient temperature (°C)

  mean ± std

22.9 ± 1.4

23.5 ± 1.7

  Patient receiving intraoperative passive warming, n (%)

3132 (100.0)

830 (100.0)

  Patient receiving intraoperative active warming, n (%)

443 (14.17)

89 (10.7)

Blood transfusion

autologous

  n (%)

75 (2.4)

52 (6.3)

  mean ± std (ml)

519.8 ± 372.2

429.9 ± 259.3

  median (ml)

447

400

  min-max (ml)

0–2250

100–1250

allogeneic

  n (%)

317 (10.1)

52 (6.3)

  mean ± std (ml)

735.2 ± 500.6

791.4 ± 777.2

  median (ml)

600

800

  min-max (ml)

50–3540

150–5800

Perioperative IV fluid

n (%)

  mean ± std (ml)

1768.3 ± 819.3

1702.5 ± 914.9

  patients receiving prewarmed IV fluid, n (%)

649 (20.7)

141 (16.9)

  patients receiving unwarmed IV fluid, n (%)

2483 (79.3)

689 (83.0)

Intraoperative irrigation fluid

n (%)

  mean ± std (ml)

1879.9 ± 8194.5

650.4 ± 975.4