The comparison of two recovery room warming methods for hypothermia patients who had undergone spinal surgery.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the time needed to reach a specified temperature and the efficiency of two warming methods-warm cotton blankets and a radiant warmer-for hypothermia patients in a postanesthetic care unit (PACU) after spinal surgery.

Design: This study was conducted according to a quasi-experimental design. Data were collected from a medical referral center in northern Taiwan.