The Effect of patient warming during Caesarean delivery on maternal and neonatal outcomes: A meta-analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 500-510

  Sultan, P ^a   Habib, A S ^b   Cho, Y ^c   Carvalho, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pacific Fertility Medical Center   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; body temperature; caesarean section; hypothermia; obstetric; temperature

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID WARMING; FORCED AIR WARMING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHIVERING; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VOMITING; WARMING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEAT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; REWARMING; SHIVERING;

EID: 84943235663     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev325     Document Type: Review

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