Improving perioperative temperature management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1454-1457

  Hannenberg, Alexander A ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION; AGED; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAID; NOTE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149108664     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318181f6f2     Document Type: Editorial

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