Temperature and surgical wound heat loss during orthopedic surgery: Computer simulations and measurements

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-382

  Severens, Natascha M W ^a,b   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^c   Frijns, Arjan J H ^a   Van Ooij, Andre ^c,d   Marcus, Marco A E ^c   De Mol, Bas A J M ^b   Van Steenhoven, Anton A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; SURGICAL WOUND; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; BACK; BODY TEMPERATURE; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY;

BACK; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953293986     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9259-7     Document Type: Letter

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