Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 645-657 , December 2008

Perioperative complications of hypothermia

  • Andrea Kurz, MD (Vice Chair, Professor of Anesthesiology)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesia Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44195 OH, USA. Tel.: +1 216 445 9924; Fax: +1 216 444 6235.

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PII: S1521-6896(08)00061-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.07.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 645-657 , December 2008

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