A randomised controlled trial of the electric heating pad vs forced-air warming for preventing hypothermia during laparotomy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-608

  Leung, K K ^a   Lai, A ^b   Wu, A ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WARMING;

AGED; AIR; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX;

EID: 34249018820     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05021.x     Document Type: Article

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