ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hypothermia is associated with many adverse clinical outcomes in pediatric patients, and thus, it is important to find an effective and safe method for preventing peri-operative hypothermia and its associated adverse outcomes in pediatric patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of forced-air warming blankets with different temperatures on changes in the transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-?, interleukin (IL)-1?, and IL-10 levels in children undergoing surgical treatment for developmental displacement of the hip (DDH). METHODS:The study included 123 children undergoing surgery for DDH under general anesthesia. The patients were randomly assigned to three groups, using a random number table: the 32, 38, and 43°C groups according to the temperature setting of the forced-air warming blankets. For each patient, body temperature was recorded immediately after anesthesia induction and intubation (T0), at initial incision (T1), at 1 h after incision (T2), at 2 h after incision (T3), at the end of surgery (T4), immediately upon return to the ward after surgery (T5), and then at 12 h (T6), 24 h (T7), 36 h (T8), and 48 h (T9) after the surgery. The serum levels of TGF-?, TNF-?, IL-1?, and IL-10 were measured at T0 and T4 for all groups. RESULTS:The number of patients with fever in the 38°C group was significantly less than those in the 32 and 43°C groups (??=?6.630, P?=?0.036). At T0, the body temperatures in the 38 and 43°C groups were significantly higher than that in the 32°C group (F?=?17.992, P?