The effect of warming gowns versus warm blankets on perioperative temperature and pain in total knee arthroplasty
Perioperative hypothermia (PH) is body temperature < 36°C and may occur in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery. Planned hypothermia is necessary in a select number of surgical procedures but inadvertent hypothermia has deleterious consequences. TKA is a painful procedure and PH may enhance or...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3836 |