Influence of oral premedication and prewarming on core temperature of cardiac surgical patients: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Abstract Background Perioperative hypothermia is still very common and associated with numerous adverse effects. The effects of benzodiazepines, administered as premedication, on thermoregulation have been studied with conflicting results. We investigated the hypotheses that premedication with fluni...

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Main Authors: Anselm Bräuer, Michaela Maria Müller, Anna Julienne Wetz, Michael Quintel, Ivo Florian Brandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0725-7