Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02518815
Preoperative Warming Prevents Postoperative Hypothermia in Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery. A Randomized Control Trial
Preoperative Active Warming Prevents Postoperative Hypothermia in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery. A Randomized Control Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 42 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Michael Garron Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study examined whether 20 minutes of prewarming prior to gynecological laparoscopic surgery prevented inadvertent post-operative hypothermia. Treatment group received prewarming using a forced air body warming, control group received no active warming system. Both groups were then warmed with forced air warmer intraoperatively.
Detailed description
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is a well known perioperative complication. The behavioural response to hypothermia is the most powerful protective tool, more effective than any autonomic response, and is obviously removed in the operative setting. Anesthesia alters thermoregulation by profoundly changing the thresholds for vasoconstriction and shivering, making patients vulnerable to the adverse outcomes related to mild hypothermia. Inadvertent postoperative hypothermia can occur in up to 70% of surgical patients. It is defined as a core temperature below 36°C (96.8°F). The aim of this study was to determine if prewarming with an active warming system for 20 minutes preoperatively could prevent postoperative inadvertent hypothermia.
Conditions
- Hypothermia Following Anesthesia
- Hypothermia
- Hypothermia, Accidental
- Body Temperature Changes
- Hypothermia Due to Anesthetic
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | 3M Bair Paws Warming System | 20 minutes of prewarming immediately pre-operatively using 3M Bair Paws warming system |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-01-01
- Completion
- 2014-01-01
- First posted
- 2015-08-10
- Last updated
- 2015-08-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02518815. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.