Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing elective laparotomy under general anaesthesia with expected duration of more than 2 hrs
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Prewarming: patients are prewarmed for one hour before the induction of anesthesia in the preoperative holding area using Equator convective body warmer and full body warming blanket co
Sponsors
Kasturba Hospital Kasturba Medical College Manipal
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) adult patients of either gender 2) age 18 to 65 years 3) ASA physical status 1 and 2 4) Body mass index of 18.5 to 25 5) undergoing elective laparotomy under general anaesthesia with expected duration of more than 2 hrs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients suffering from endocrine disorders like thyroid disease, dysautotonia , Cushing syndrome, diabetes mellitus with autonomic neuropathy 2. Patients affected with peripheral vascular disease like Raynaudâ??s syndrome 3. Critically ill or haemodynamically unstable patients who may require massive rapid intravenous fluid resuscitation 4. Febrile patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal temperatureTimepoint: every 15 min starting from induction of anesthesia till the end of surgery. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| axillary temperatureTimepoint: once in every 15 min after start of anesthesia till end of surgery;Comfort level of patient during prewarmingTimepoint: one point measurement after 1 hour of prewarming but just before induction of anesthesia;Shivering during first postoperative hourTimepoint: one point assessment after 1 hour of surgery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactKrishna HM
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Outcome results
None listed