Amino acid infusion induces thermogenesis and reduces blood loss during hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1757-1762

  Widman, Jan ^a   Hammarqvist, Folke ^b   Selldén, Eva ^b  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; OXYGEN; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THERMOGENESIS; TIME;

EID: 0036897184     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200212000-00053     Document Type: Article

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