Heat conservation vs convective warming in adults undergoing elective surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 669-673

  Patel, Nileshkumar ^a   Smith, Charles E ^a   Knapke, Donald ^a   Pinchak, Alfred C ^a   Hagen, Joan F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WARMING;

EID: 0030774011     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03015454     Document Type: Article

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