Efficacy of acupuncture in prevention of postoperative anaesthesiarelated shivering

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-121

  Shoar, Saeed ^a,b   Esmaeili, Sara ^b   Khorgami, Zhamak ^a   Naderan, Mohammad ^a,b   Shoar, Nasrin ^b,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHIVERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHIVERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878510213     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010250     Document Type: Letter

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