Trials / Withdrawn
WithdrawnNCT00696462
The Effect of Forced Air Warming During Cesarean Section on Postoperative Infectious Morbidity
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 0 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study will be to assess whether forced air warming decreases the rate of surgical site infections following cesarean section.
Detailed description
Given the physiologic and experimental evidence regarding temperature regulation; it remains convincing that forced air warming is protective against the development of SSI. We will set out to prospectively study the effect of forced air warming on patients undergoing cesarean section.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | forced-air warming | forced-air warming device |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-04-01
- Completion
- 2009-04-01
- First posted
- 2008-06-12
- Last updated
- 2012-09-13
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00696462. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.