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The Use of Thermal Suits as Preventing Hypothermia During Surgery

NCT01571544 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-01-04

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Summary

Unintentional hypothermia of a patient is a common adverse effect during surgical procedures. The aim of this prospective, randomised, controlled study is to determine whether the use of thermal suit could prevent surgical patient from experiencing thermal loss than conventional measures.

Hypothesis: The investigators assume that a difference of 0.5°C in body temperature between the groups is clinically relevant.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Thermal suit

Thermal suit

OTHER

Conventional clothing

Conventional clothing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sirkka-Liisa Lauronen, MD · Tampere University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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