Forced-air warming decreases vasodilator requirement after coronary artery bypass surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 286-291

  El Rahmany, Hossam K ^a   Frank, Steven M ^a,d   Schneider, Giselle M ^b   El Gamal, Nader A ^c   Vannier, Carole A ^a   Ammar, Ramadan ^c   Okasha, Ahmed S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WARMING;

EID: 0033964690     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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