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Effect of warm intravenous and irrigating fluids on body temperature during transurethral resection of the prostate gland

BACKGROUND: Transurethral resection of the prostate gland with irrigation fluid at room temperature leads to perioperative hypothermia which could give rise to adverse cardiovascular events in the perioperative period. The use of isothermic irrigation fluid reduces but does not eliminate this risk....

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Autor principal: Okeke, LI
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2034579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17877827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-7-15