Hypothermia/Warming Protocols: Why Are They Not Widely Used in the OR?

AORN Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Weirich, Tara Lynn ^a  

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EID: 38849117772     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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