PROTECT: Aggressive Warming During Surgery Does Not Reduce Major Complications – American College of Cardiology -

Patients kept at a body temperature of 37 degrees C during major surgery had no fewer cardiac complications than patients kept at 35.5 degrees C, according to findings from the PROTECT trial presented April 4 at ACC.22 and simultaneously published in The Lancet. There were also no differences in the number of infections or required blood transfusions in patients kept at cooler body...