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Preoperative Warming and Perioperative Shivering

NCT02243462 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2015-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Shivering is one of the most commonly recognized problem associated with anesthesia, It is believed to be thermoregulatory in origin. Studies suggest that pre-warming the patient prior to the surgery can reduce the chances of hypothermia induced shivering during the post operative period.

Forced air warmers are the most frequently used active warming devices in the peri-operative setting. Currently, our hospital does not pre-warm patients but if our study shows that pre-warming reduces post-operative shivering, we will be able to make an evidence based decision to start this practice.

Conditions

  • Forced Air Warming Effect on Hypothermia

Interventions

DEVICE

Forced Air Warmer

A forced air warmer device will be used to pre-warm patients for 10 minutes in holding bay before surgery. Air warming device is an electrically powered control unit, hose, and inflatable "blanket". The control unit has an air filter and heater, which warms air entrained from the environment. The hose connects to a blanket.

OTHER

No pre-op warming

No forced air warming of the patient prior to being taken in for surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indus Hospital and Health Network

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ali Asghar, MBBS · The Indus Hospital

  • Shahid Amin · The Indus Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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