NCT05426278

The Effect Of Intraoperative Forced Air Warmer Use, On Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting

The Effect Of Intraoperative Forced Air Warmer Use, On Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting Among Laparoscopic Surgery Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Aga Khan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Intraoperative Hypothermia is a common problem, our object will be to evaluate the efficacy of forced air warmer (Model # eq-5000) for maintaining core body temperature in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgeries and its effect on postoperative nausea, vomiting and shivering.

Conditions

• Hypothermia; Anesthesia
• Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Bair hugger and Forces air warmer	The EQUATOR™ (EQ-5000) air-warmer is a convective warmer, with the average and maximum Contact Surface Temperatures of 39℃ \& 44℃ Respectively. Temperature on this device can be set at 36℃ , 40℃ , 44℃. The 3M™ Bair Hugger ™ (SW-2003) upper body blanket is used to warm the body from head till the xiphisternum

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-10-01
• Completion: 2023-10-01
• First posted: 2022-06-21
• Last updated: 2022-06-21