The efficacy of a resistive heating under-patient blanket versus a forced-air warming system: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-201

  Fanelli, Andrea ^a   Danelli, Giorgio ^a   Ghisi, Daniela ^a   Ortu, Andrea ^a   Moschini, Elisa ^a   Fanelli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCED AIR WARMING SYSTEM; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTIVE HEATING UNDER PATIENT BLANKET; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; WARMING; AIR; BED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARMING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58749113647     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818e6199     Document Type: Article

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