Prevention of hypothermia by cutaneous warming with new electric blankets during abdominal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 796-797

  Camus, Y ^a   Delva, E ^a   Bossard, A E ^a   Chandon, M ^a   Lienhart, A ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Equipment, warming blankets; Surgery, abdominal; Temperature, monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SHIVERING; STANDARD; WARMING;

EID: 0030728508     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/79.6.796     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Hynson JM, Sessler DI. Intraoperative warming therapies: A comparison of three devices. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 1992; 4: 194-199.
2. Camus Y, Delva E, Just B, Lienhart A. Leg warming minimizes core hypothermia during abdominal surgery. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1993; 77: 995-999.
3. Camus Y, Delva E, Cohen S, Lienhart A. The effects of warming intravenous fluids on intraoperative hypothermia and postoperative shivering during prolonged abdominal surgery. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 1996; 40: 779-782.