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Empirically, my understanding is that no, the harm of cold temperatures (decreased coagulation) is not counterbalanced by the gain (decreased peripheral circulation). Patients undergoing surgery are coagulopathic, moreso when they are cooled, and in fact they are often actively warmed now.


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