Perioperative forced-air warming of women undergoing cesarean delivery with epidural anesthesia prevents maternal and fetal hypothermia, reduces maternal shivering, and improves umbilical vein pH.

SE, RE, and BIS revealed similar information about the level of sedation and allowed the authors to distinguish between different steps of anesthesia. Both monitors provided useful additional information for the anesthesiologist.

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Compared with RBC transfusion, infusion of low doses of HBOC-201 maintain enhanced oxygen extraction after extended hemodilution and provide faster and higher increase in muscular tissue PO(2).