Health Condition 1: N998- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Active Warming Blanket: These blankets are used for prewarming the patient before anaesthesia and are used to prevent intraoperative hypothermia. The prewarming in one group is for 15 m
Sponsors
Safdarjung Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 18-65 years old who fulfil the criteria of physical status I-III American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA grade I-III) scheduled for total abdominal hysterectomy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Known allergy to Local Anaesthetic 2. Infection at site of epidural block.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To measure incidence of hypothermia by measuring the difference of baseline and post extubation core body temperature in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy under general anaesthesia.Timepoint: Core body temperature less than 36 Celsius post extubation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess for shivering by BSAS scale in postoperative period in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy under general anaesthesia. - To assess the haemodynamic response of prewarming before and after epidural block in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy under general anaesthesia.Timepoint: - Shivering assessment by BSAS scale in Post operative ward. -Comparison of haemodynamic response with and without prewarming | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr MadhuDayal
Safdarjung Hospital
Outcome results
None listed