Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1209-1215

  Kurz, Andrea ^a,b   Sessler, Daniel I ^a,b   Lenhardt, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL WOUND; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLONIC DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029921767     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605093341901     Document Type: Article

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