Hypothermia - It's more than a toy

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-156

  Pestel, Gunther J ^a   Kurz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Intensive care; Perioperative; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BUSPIRONE; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; EXCITOTOXIN; ISOFLURANE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANEURYSM CLIP; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LUNG TOXICITY; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEDATION; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 17144392580     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000162833.25850.ec     Document Type: Review

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