Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 70-73, June 2008

Implications of Hypothermia in Procedural Areas

  • Jacqueline C. Mitchell, BSN, RN, SRNA
    • ,
  • Matthew D'Angelo, CRNA, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Matthew D'Angelo, University of Maryland, 22 South Greene Street, T1R77, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Abstract 

Hypothermia is a major concern to health-care providers performing procedures in various health-care areas such as the operating room, emergency room, intensive care unit, endoscopy, labor, & delivery, cardiac lab, pain management centers, magnetic resonance imagery, computerized angiography tomography, and other imaging areas, including interventional radiology. This article explores issues pertaining to the occurrence of hypothermia in various settings and interventions that can be performed to minimize and/or prevent hypothermia.

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PII: S1546-0843(08)00041-2

doi:10.1016/j.jradnu.2008.03.003

Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 70-73, June 2008

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