Differences between brain and rectal temperatures during routine critical care of patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 759-765

  Childs, C ^a   Vail, A ^a   Protheroe, R ^b   King, A T ^b   Dark, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM;

EID: 22944432163     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04193.x     Document Type: Article

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