Circulating-water Garment With Forced-air Warming and Circulating-water Mattress During Abdominal Surgery

Comparison of a Circulating-water Garment With a Combination of Forced-air Warming and Circulating-water Mattress Warming During Major Abdominal Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00651898

Enrollment

Registered

2008-04-03

Start date

2006-08-31

Completion date

2008-06-30

Last updated

2016-03-01

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Conditions

Hypothermia

Keywords

abdominal surgery, hypothermia, circulating water mattress

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to see if the combination of a circulating water mattress beneath the patient combined with forced air warming over top of the patient will prevent hypothermia (low body temperature) just as well as a garment that circulates warm water around the patient, during your major abdominal surgery. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of these two groups.

Detailed description

Group A: This group will receive the circulating water garment Group B: This group will receive the circulating water mattress and be covered by a forced air warming device for both the upper body and lower body Once the patient is moved to the operating room table, the surface of the back will begin to be warmed using either the circulating-water garment for those in Group A or the circulating-water mattress for those in Group B. Following the start of anesthesia, additional warming will be done by covering the large parts of the legs and the upper and side of the chest using either the circulating-water garment for those in Group A or upper- and lower-body forced-air warmers for those in Group B. Patient involvement will last until the warming devices are removed prior to departure from the operating room. There is no follow-up to this study.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* MaJor abdominal surgery * Age between 18 and 85 years.

Exclusion criteria

* Fever (core temperature \>38°C) * Combined procedures (e.g.: simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation) * Contraindication to forced-air or circulating-water warming which would be impacted by use of warming blanket * Anticipated veno-venous bypass * Current Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome will comprise the difference between the pre-induction temperature and the intraoperative temperature	Every 15 minutes throughout surgery

Countries

United States

Outcome results