Covering the head and face maintains intraoperative core temperature

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 649-652

  Kamitani, Kazuo ^a   Higuchi, Akiko ^a   Takebayashi, Takeshi ^a   Miyamoto, Yuko ^a   Yoshida, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032786424     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013952     Document Type: Article

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