Differences among forced-air warming systems with upper body blankets are small. A randomized trial for heat transfer in volunteers

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1159-1164

  Perl, Thorsten ^a   Brauer A ^a   Timmermann, A ^a   Mielck, F ^a   Weyland, W ^b   Braun, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Hematology and Oncology Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forced air warming; Heat flux; Heat transfer; Hypothermia; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY SURFACE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSDUCER; WARMING;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEAT; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042235668     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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