Thermoregulatory effects of spinal and epidural anesthesia during cesarean delivery

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-423

  Saito, Toshiyuki ^a,c   Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Fujita, Kazuaki ^a   Ooi, Yoshiyui ^b   Jeffrey, Renee ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetic technique: epidural; Spinal; hypothermia; Temperature; Thermoregulation: shivering

Indexed keywords

CINCHOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031821134     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199823040-00018     Document Type: Article

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