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Use of an Esophageal Heat Exchanger to Maintain Core Temperature during Burn Excisions and to Attenuate Pyrexia on the Burns Intensive Care Unit
Introduction. Burns patients are vulnerable to hyperthermia due to sepsis and SIRS and to hypothermia due to heat loss during excision surgery. Both states are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We describe the first use of a novel esophageal heat exchange device in combination with...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7306341 |