Evaluation of the S3 Guideline on Avoidance of Perioperative Hypothermia - Already a Standard or Wishful Thinking?

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03351036

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-22

Start date

2015-04-30

Completion date

2016-05-31

Last updated

2017-11-22

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Conditions

Hypothermia, Hypothermia Following Anesthesia, Perioperative/Postoperative Complications

Keywords

Hypothermia

Brief summary

Perioperative hypothermia is a common problem in today´s surgical and anesthesiological patient care and is associated with many adverse events. The intention of this study was to evaluate the current S3 guideline on the avoidance of perioperative hypothermia concerning it´s implementation in the clinical routine.

Detailed description

Perioperative hypothermia is a common problem in today´s surgical and anesthesiological patient care and is associated with many adverse events such as impaired coagulation, increased risk for wound infections and patient discomfort among others. The intention of this study was to evaluate the current S3 guideline on the avoidance of perioperative hypothermia published in 2014 concerning it´s implementation in the clinical routine. In a first phase the current status should be recorded. If this reveals an inappropriate high incidence of perioperative hypothermia training arrangements shall be taken for non-physician personnel in the PACU in a 2nd phase of the project. The third phase is intended to evaluate the effect of the training arrangements on the incidence of hypothermia.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients ≥ 18 years undergoing elective surgery admitted to the PACU

Exclusion criteria

* Patients \< 18 years * Emergency surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Incidence of postoperative hypothermia	Immediately after arrival at PACU	Evaluation of the S3 guideline on avoidance of perioperative hypothermia

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Incidence of intraoperative hypothermia	Duration of surgical procedure	Evaluation of the S3 guideline on avoidance of perioperative hypothermia
Incidence of preoperative hypothermia	Immediately after arrival at holding area	Evaluation of the S3 guideline on avoidance of perioperative hypothermia

Countries

Germany

Outcome results