Hypothermia in the intraoperative period: Can it be avoided?

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Poveda, Vanessa de Brito ^a   Galvão, Cristina Maria ^b  

^a Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Avila   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Nursing research; Perioperative nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958791303     PISSN: 00806234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0080-62342011000200016     Document Type: Article

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