Total blood loss meta-analysis and forest plot. Treatment effect expressed as ratio of geometric means of blood loss for normothermic (N) versus hypothermic (H) patients. Results indicate an estimated 16% (95% CI 4%, 26%) lower average blood loss in normothermic versus hypothermic patients, p = 0.009.
From: Rajagopalan S, Mascha E, Na J, Sessler DI. The effects of mild perioperative hypothermia on blood loss and transfusion requirement: a meta-analysis. Anesthesiology 2008; 108:71. DOI:
10.1097/01.anes.0000296719.73450.52. Copyright © 2008 American Society of Anesthesiologists. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.
