Comparison of three different prehospital wrapping methods for preventing hypothermia - a crossover study in humans

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thomassen, Øyvind ^a   Færevik, Hilde ^b   Østerås, Øyvind ^a   Sunde, Geir A ^a   Zakariassen, Erik ^c,d   Sandsund, Mariann ^b   Heltne, Jon K ^a,d   Brattebø, Guttorm ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79959459904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-41     Document Type: Article

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