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Journal Articles

  1. Cheney FW, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Gild WM: Burns from warming devices in anesthesia. Anesthesiology 80:806-810, 1994. [Abstract, NLM PubMed Link]. Order this article from: ASA Closed Claims Project
    1. Of 3,000 total claims there were 54 burns of which 28 resulted from materials or devices used to warm patients. IV fluid bags or bottles warmed in an oven and then applied to the patient's skin were responsible for 18 of the 28 (64%) of burns associated with warming devices. Because IV fluid bags or bottles warmed in an OR oven are not an efficient method of patient warming, there seems to be little justification for their use.

Newsletter Articles

  1. Kressin KA: Burn Injury in the Operating Room: A Closed Claims Analysis. ASA Newsletter 68(6): 9-11, 2004. [Full Text; PDF Version]

Conference Presentations and ASA Abstracts

  1. Kressin KA, Posner KL, Lee LA, Cheney FW, Domino KB: Burn Injury in the OR: A Closed Claims Analysis.Anesthesiology, 101: A-1282, 2004. [Full Text]