Cooling vest for improving surgeons' thermal comfort: A multidisciplinary design project

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Langø, Thomas ^a   Nesbakken, Ragnhild ^b   Færevik, Hilde ^a   Holbø, Kristine ^a   Reitan, Jarl ^a   Yavuz, Yunus ^c   Mårvik, Ronald ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cooling vest; Design; Heat stress; Laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING VEST; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGEON; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 61349187727     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700802649383     Document Type: Article

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