Predictors of hypothermia during spinal anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1330-1334

  Frank, Steven M ^a,c   El Rahmany, Hossam K ^a   Cattaneo, Christine G ^a   Barnes, Rachel A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Regional anesthesia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0034056997     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200005000-00022     Document Type: Article

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