Heat transfer coefficient: Medivance Arctic Sun® Temperature Management System vs. water immersion

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 531-537

  English, M J ^a,b   Hemmerling, T M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Heat transfer; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 44449159337     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003931     Document Type: Article

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