A Comparison of Warming Interventions on the Temperatures of Inpatients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

AORN Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-322

  Nicholson, Martha ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced air warming; Hypothermia; Normothermia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEATING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; OPERATING ROOM; RECTUM;

COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INPATIENTS; OPERATING ROOMS; RECTUM;

EID: 84875279349     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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