Mild perioperative hypothermia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 1730-1736

  Sessler, Daniel I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0030914240     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199706123362407     Document Type: Review

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