Perioperative thermal insulation: Minimal clinically important differences?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 836-840

  Brauer A ^a   Perl, T ^a   Uyanik, Z ^a   English, M J M ^b   Weyland, W ^c   Braun, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications, hypothermia; Equipment, insulation; Equipment, manikin; Heat loss; Measurement, heat flux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPOTHERMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR; BED; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MANIKINS; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 18344417627     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh156     Document Type: Article

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