Temperature monitoring practices during regional anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-377

  Frank, Steven M ^a,c   Nguyen, Judy M ^a   Garcia, Christine M ^a   Barnes, Rachel A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BLADDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032938896     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199902000-00028     Document Type: Article

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