Systemic warming before, during, and after major abdominal surgery reduced postoperative complications more than warming during surgery only

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Eileen M Scott. Evid Based Nurs. 2007 Oct.

. 2007 Oct;10(4):114.

doi: 10.1136/ebn.10.4.114.

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