Warmflo® warming system overheats fluids in simulated clinical conditions

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 336-340

  Poppa, Eli ^a   Yona, David ^a   Katz, Yeshayahu ^a,b   Barak, Michal ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Fluid warming; Perioperative hypothermia

Indexed keywords

RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; CRYSTALLOID SOLUTIONS; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FLOW RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING; LABORATORY; LIQUID; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARMFLO; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 69549083135     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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