The threshold and gain of thermoregulatory vasoconstriction differs during anesthesia in the dependent and upper arms in the lateral position

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1019-1022

  Greif, Robert ^a   Laciny, Sonja ^a   Rajek, Angela ^a   Doufas, Anthony G ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a  

^a Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036206358     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200204000-00046     Document Type: Article

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