Comfort, Satisfaction, and Anxiolysis in Surgical Patients Using a Patient-Adjustable Comfort Warming System: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-93

  O'Brien, Denise ^a   Greenfield, Mary Lou V H ^a   Anderson, Jane E ^a   Smith, Beverly A ^a   Morris, Michelle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

comfort warming; hypothermia; normothermia; PACU; perianesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949904388     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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