Hypothermia
Conditions
Brief summary
Subjects will be admitted to hospital the evening prior, or the morning of surgery, whereupon they will undergo standard admission processes, including pre-operative assessment by the anaesthetist assigned to that list (One of the two study authors). The anaesthetist will then explain the study again, reiterating the potential risks and benefits of the study to the patient themselves, and to the population as a whole. Consent will be sought at this point. Patients will be transferred to theatre, anaesthetised and operated on as per normal practice. Inclusive of this, in accordance with NICE guidelines, patients will have a nasal or oesophageal Doppler probe inserted to accurately measure core temperature. At this point, patients enrolled in the study will have temperature measurements taken every minute from the oesophageal probe and non-contact thermometers. If the patients requested it previously, they will be informed of the results of the study at a later date. Statistics will then be carried out on the data to compare accuracy of the two novel methods to the oesophageal probe.
Interventions
DEVICEGeratherm non Contact thermometer
Temperature taken from subject using non-contact device as per manufacturers instructions
Sponsors
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Participants will be patients undergoing elective gynaecological, vascular or urological surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, and as such will be seen at a pre-operative assessment clinic as part of their normal work up for theatre.
Exclusion criteria
\- Lacking mental capacity Not speaking English Malignancy in medical history Undergoing open abdominal surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Core body temperature measurement will be taken from 30 patients to compare non-contact infra-red thermometer to oesophageal temperature probes | 12 months | Bland Altman analysis to compare the readings of 2 methods of temperature measurement |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed