Prevention of hypothermia in children under combined epidural and general anesthesia: A comparison between upper- and lower-body warming

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Shorrab, Ahmed A ^a,b   El Sawy, Mohamed E ^a   Othman, Mahmoud M ^a   Hammouda, Golinar E ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Combined general epidural; Core; Device; Forced air warming; Peripheral; Temperature monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAT LOSS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIVERING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASODILATATION; WARMING;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33845524418     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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