Vienna—Underbody-type blankets may outperform other types of warming blankets starting around 100 minutes after induction of anesthesia, according to one study.
“Underbody blankets, together with surgical draping, enable efficient convection of airflow over the body,” said study author Shigekazu Sugino, MD, PhD, a research associate in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Tohoku University School of Medicine, in Sendai, Japan. “This warmed tent