Preventing Inadvertent Hypothermia: Comparing Two Protocols for Preoperative Forced-Air Warming

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-24

  Cobbe, Kerry Anne ^a   Di Staso, Renatta ^a   Duff, Jed ^a   Walker, Kim ^a   Draper, Nicole ^a  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forced air warming; Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia; Pre warming methods; Preoperative warming methods; Research; Unplanned perioperative hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84856007033     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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