Resistive-polymer versus forced-air warming: Comparable efficacy in orthopedic patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 834-838

  Brandt, Sebastian ^a   Oguz, Ruken ^b   Hüttner, Hendrik ^a   Waglechner, Günther ^b   Chiari, Astrid ^b   Greif, Robert ^a   Kurz, Andrea ^c   Kimberger, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORCED AIR WARMING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTIVE POLYMER SYSTEM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 77949304026     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181cb3f5f     Document Type: Article

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