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NCT Number: NCT01056991

Prevention of IPH: Electric Warming Mattress vs Forced Air Warming Blanket

This study will determine if modern under-patient warming mattresses are as effective as forced air warming blankets in preventing cold and shivering in patients scheduled for non emergency surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia Patient Warming

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Royal Sussex County Hospital, BSUH NHS Trust

Brighton, BN2 5BE, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patients undergoing elective (non emergency) surgery who will require intra-operative warming
  • Patients whose surgery will be performed with them in the supine position

Exclusion criteria

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
  • All adults (over 18 years) who refuse,who are unable to fully understand the trial
  • ALL laparoscopic surgeries

Treatment and study plan

warming mattress

Other

comparison of under patient warming mattress to forced air warming blankets in preventing peri-operative hypothermia

Other names: Inditherm electric carbon polymer warming mattress

warming blanket

Other

Other names: forced-air warming blanket, Bair hugger

Primary outcomes

  1. Post-operative core temperature greater than or equal to 36 degrees centigrade. This is a surrogate marker for complications such as reduced wound infection and reduced hospital stay that have been previously established by other research.

    Time frame: 15minutes to 2 hours approximately postoperatively in recovery room

Secondary outcomes

  1. shivering

    Time frame: up to 2h post op (time in recovery)

  2. Core temperature

    Time frame: From induction of anaesthesia to arrival in recovery

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Study to Determine if Modern Under-patient Warming Mattresses Are as Effective as Forced-air Warming Blankets in Preventing Peri-operative Hypothermia

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jan 27, 2010
Registry last updated
Jun 12, 2014

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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