Maintaining perioperative normothermia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7392, 2003, Pages 721-722

  Harper, Christopher Mark ^a   McNicholas, Thomas ^c   Gowrie Mohanquencies, S ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOXANE A2;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0037420476     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7392.721     Document Type: Editorial

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