Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Jan 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThermogenic effect of amino acids not demonstrated in heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
In abdominal surgery and in healthy volunteers, amino acids increased thermogenesis. In this double-blind study we investigated if a similar effect would ensue in heart surgery and accelerate the rewarming process postoperatively. ⋯ The lack of a thermal effect of the amino acids in the heart surgery was most probably due to the temperature gradients between the different body compartments, and also may have been due to the use of beta-blockers.