Definition: Deciduous is a designation indicating a plant sheds its foliage at the end of the growing season. The term is used primarily in reference to trees and shrubs, in contrast with those that are evergreen..
A cold site is a similar type of disaster recovery service that provides office space, but the customer provides and installs all the equipment needed to continue operations. A cold site is less expensive, but it takes longer to get an enterprise in full operation after the disaster. Typically, a business has an annual contract with a company that offers hot and cold site services with a monthly service charge.
The Bair Hugger System is the site's current approach to patient warming during these surgical procedures. Monitoring of core temperature via esophageal probe will be done for the purpose of data collection.