What are the most important risk factors for a patient's developing intraoperative hypothermia?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Macario, A ^a   Dexter, F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0036137409     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200201000-00042     Document Type: Article

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