A comparison study on the effects of prewarming patients in the outpatient surgery setting

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-194

  Fossum, Susan ^a,b   Hays, Judy ^a   Henson, Mary Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NURSING; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0035377337     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpan.2001.24039     Document Type: Article

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