Postoperative management of hypothermia of intra-operative origin - Experience with a forced-air convective warming device

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 134-138

  Jackson, S A M ^a   Clinton, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; WARMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REWARMING; SHIVERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031196434     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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