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Preventing Inadvertent Hypothermia in Paediatric Neurosurgery in Malawi

NCT02975817 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2021-03-01

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Summary

The investigators wish to undertake a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial to evaluate the ability of a simple and low-cost method (Hibler´s method of wrapping the patient in multiple insulating layers) to prevent intraoperative heat-loss in children undergoing neurosurgery under anesthesia in Malawi. The control group will be heated actively with the use of warm-air blankets. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether Hibler´s method can provide a cheap and technically simple way of adequately preserving the patients´ core temperature in the operating theatre in a resource-poor setting.

Conditions

  • Hypothermia

Interventions

OTHER

Hibler's

Passive body heat retention using multiple-layer tight wrapping of patient

OTHER

Warm Air

Active, convective warming of patient using warm air blanket

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anders C Feyling, MD · Oslo University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-02-12
Completion
2019-02-12

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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