Topical humidified carbon dioxide to keep the open surgical wound warm: The greenhouse effect revisited

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 945-949

  Persson, Mikael ^a   Elmqvist, Håkan ^a   Van Der Linden, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMIDIFIED CARBON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; HEAT LOSS; HYPOTHERMIA; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; WARMING; WOUND INFECTION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INSUFFLATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4644318156     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200410000-00020     Document Type: Article

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