A randomized comparison of intraoperative perfectemp and forced-air warming during open abdominal surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1076-1081

  Egan, Cameron ^a   Bernstein, Ethan ^a   Reddy, Desigen ^b   Ali, Madi ^b   Paul, James ^b   Yang, Dongsheng ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCED AIR WARMING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEATING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ABDOMINAL SURGERY; OPERATING TABLE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAPE; UNDERBODY RESISTIVE WARMING; WARMING;

EID: 80055087592     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822b896d     Document Type: Article

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