Full body forced air warming: Commercial blanket vs air delivery beneath bed sheets

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1168-1174

  Kempen, Paul Martin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment, warming; Hypothermia; Temperature, body, cooling, heating, monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL BED; HYPOTHERMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

EID: 0030499786     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03011847     Document Type: Article

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