Postoperative Rewarming: Are There Alternatives to Warm Hospital Blankets

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-23

  Pikus, Eugene ^a   Hooper, Vallire D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

perioperative complications; perioperative hypothermia; postoperative warming; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BED; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPOTHERMIA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; BEDDING AND LINENS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPOTHERMIA; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REWARMING; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75949128917     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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