NCT01056991

Prevention of IPH: Electric Warming Mattress vs Forced Air Warming Blanket

A Study to Determine if Modern Under-patient Warming Mattresses Are as Effective as Forced-air Warming Blankets in Preventing Peri-operative Hypothermia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine if modern under-patient warming mattresses are as effective as forced air warming blankets in preventing cold and shivering in patients scheduled for non emergency surgery.

Conditions

• Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia
• Patient Warming

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	warming mattress	comparison of under patient warming mattress to forced air warming blankets in preventing peri-operative hypothermia
OTHER	warming blanket

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2010-01-27
• Last updated: 2014-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom