A randomised controlled trial comparing Mediwrap® heat retention and forced air warming for maintaining normothermia in thoracic surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Rathinam, Sridhar ^a   Annam, Venkatesh ^a   Steyn, Richard ^a   Raghuraman, Govindan ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forced air warming; Hypothermia; Mediwrap ; Thoracic surgery; Warming devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; WARMING;

AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CONVECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARMING; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650147087     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.195347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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