Wet forced-air warming blankets are ineffective at maintaining normothermia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 642-644

  Lin, Erica P ^a   Smith, Kathleen ^a   Valley, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced air warmer; Hypothermia; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORCED AIR WARMING BLANKET; HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

BEDDING AND LINENS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HYPOTHERMIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REWARMING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 44649147881     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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