Is there thermal benefit from preoperative warming in children?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Cassey, John G ^a   King, Robert A R ^b   Armstrong, Peter ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment, warming devices; Prewarming; Temperature, body; Temperature, monitoring; Temperature, regulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WARMING;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 73649129606     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03204.x     Document Type: Article

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