Circulating-water garment or the combination of a circulating-water mattress and forced-air cover to maintain core temperature during major upper-abdominal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-470

  Perez Protto, S ^a   Sessler, D I ^a   Reynolds, L F ^b   Bakri, M H ^c   Mascha, E ^a   Cywinski, J ^a   Parker, B ^a   Argalious, M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; circulating water; forced air; heat; temperature; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956902294     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq170     Document Type: Article

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