The failure of negative pressure rewarming (thermostat(TM)) to accelerate recovery from mild hypothermia in postoperative surgical patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1541-1545

  Smith, Charles E ^a   Parand, Ali ^a   Pinchak, Alfred C ^a   Hagen, Joan F ^a   Hancock, Don E ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WARMING;

EID: 0032724015     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199912000-00043     Document Type: Article

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