Inadvertent hypothermia: is it just a perioperative problem?

¹Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)

|June 16, 2000

Abstract:

Patients undergoing surgery run the added risk of inadvertent hypothermia. This article suggests that simple measures undertaken in the ward can prevent this serious perioperative problem.

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