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Trauma Patients and Hypothermia in the Emergency Room: ReadyHeat® Versus Cotton Wool Blanket

NCT02353793 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-11-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hypothermia is a common problem in traumatized patients leading to severe complications such as impaired coagulation, increased rate of wound infections and overall patient discomfort among others. Therefore, the investigators test out the new self warming ReadyHeat® blanket device against the currently used cotton wool blanket in terms of effects on the prevention and treatment of hypothermia.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

ReadyHeat® blanket

Using ReadyHeat® blanket for patient warming

DEVICE

Cotton wool blanket

Using cotton wool blanket for patient warming

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan Höcker, M.D. · Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 12, 24105 Kiel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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