Prevention of hypothermia during surgery. Contribution of convective heating system and warm infusion

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 813, Issue , 1997, Pages 807-811

  Leben, J ^a   Tryba, M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLODESIS; SURGERY;

EID: 0030963586     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51785.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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