Perioperative heat balance

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 578-590

  Sessler, Daniel I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Hypothermia; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVAPORATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033952093     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200002000-00042     Document Type: Review

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