Normothermia is Best Achieved by Warming Above and Below with Pre-warming Adjunct: A Comparison of Conductive Fabric Versus Forced-air and Water.

Background: Although forced-air warming is the most commonly used method for perioperative patient warming, it is fundamentally problematic because it disturbs the carefully designed airflow in the operating room. Because unintended hypothermia has significant consequences, there is a need for more effective warming strategies. The effectiveness of warming technologies that apply heat through the skin is based on surface-area contact with the heat source and the duration of pre-warming.

Predictive factors for the development of irinotecan-related cholinergic syndrome using ordered logistic regression analysis.

Cholinergic syndrome is an acute adverse reaction associated with irinotecan. Development of cholinergic syndrome can be ameliorated or prevented by administering various anticholinergics, including atropine sulfate or scopolamine butylbromide. Although many of the side effects are transient and non-life-threatening, their onset is painful and can lower a patient's quality of life (QoL).

Predictive factors in patients eligible for pegfilgrastim prophylaxis focusing on RDI using ordered logistic regression analysis.

Although pegfilgrastim prophylaxis is expected to maintain the relative dose intensity (RDI) of chemotherapy and improve safety, information is limited. However, the optimal selection of patients eligible for pegfilgrastim prophylaxis is an important issue from a medical economics viewpoint. Therefore, this retrospective study identified factors that could predict these eligible patients to maintain the RDI.