A randomised controlled trial of the resistive heating blanket versus the convective warming system for preventing hypothermia during major abdominal surgery

Journal of Perioperative Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 82-86

  Tanaka, Noriyoshi ^a   Ohno, Yuko ^a   Hori, Megumi ^a   Utada, Mai ^a   Ito, Kenji ^b   Suzuki, Toshiyasu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convective warming system; Hypothermia; Perioperative nursing; Resistive heating blanket; Warming devices

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTHERMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOTHERMIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84879703747     PISSN: 17504589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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