Water warming garment versus forced air warming system in prevention of intraoperative hypothermia during liver transplantation: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN32154832]

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Janicki, Piotr K ^a   Stoica, Cristina ^a   Chapman, William C ^a   Wright, J Kelly ^a   Walker, Garry ^a   Pai, Ram ^a   Walia, Ann ^a   Pretorius, Mias ^a   Pinson, C Wright ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPERFUSION; SKIN INCISION; SUTURING METHOD; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

EID: 2942609477     PISSN: 14712253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-2-7     Document Type: Article

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