Effect of preoperative amino acid infusion on thermoregulatory response during spinal anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-61

  Kasai, T ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a   Matsukawa, T ^b   Ueno H ^a   Sunaguchi, M ^a   Mizobe, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Complications, hypothermia; Protein, amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EARDRUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037234399     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg020     Document Type: Article

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