The efficacy of carbon-fiber resistive-heating in prevention of core hypothermia during major abdominal surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 636-641

  Hasegawa, Kenji ^a   Negishi, Chiharu ^a   Nakagawa, Fumitoshi ^a   Mukai, Shihoko ^a   Ozaki, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Hypothermia; Warming system

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBON; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REWARMING;

EID: 0038647299     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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