Comparing the effectiveness of two types of cooling blankets for febrile patients

Alice Y. Loke; Helen C.L. Chan; Tony M.F. Chan

doi:10.1111/j.1362-1017.2005.00133.x

Comparing the effectiveness of two types of cooling blankets for febrile patients

Alice Y. Loke^*, Helen C.L. Chan, Tony M.F. Chan

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Abstract

A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness of airflow-and waterflow-cooling blankets for febrile patients in intensive care unit. More patients in the airflow than in the waterflow-cooling blanket group reached the desired temperature of <38°C at the end of 8h (94·1 versus 60·0%, χ²=2·86, P=0·047). Patients in the airflow blanket group also took less time than those in the waterflow blanket group to achieve the desired temperature (3·1 and 5·7h, respectively, U=2·00, P<0·001). These findings suggest that the airflow blanket is the cooling blanket of choice for febrile patients when external cooling is needed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-254
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nursing in critical care
Volume	10
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1362-1017.2005.00133.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Airflow-cooling blanket
Critical care
Febrile patients
Waterflow-cooling blanket

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Critical Care

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