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Effect of the Steep Trendelenburg Position on Respiratory Gas Heat Content

Completed
Conditions
Effect of Patient Position on Airway Heat Content
Registration Number
NCT02153164
Lead Sponsor
University of California, Davis
Brief Summary

This is a single site, prospective, non-blinded, non-randomized, non-interventional study designed to evaluate the effect of changes in patient position on the measurement of respiratory heat loss (enthalpy). This study would be carried out on patients whose operation requires the use of the steep Trendelenburg position independent of this study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria
  • age greater than 18 years
  • scheduled for an elective surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia, positive pressure ventilation using an endotracheal tube and the steep Trendelenburg position
Exclusion Criteria
  • Adults unable to give primary consent
  • age less than 18 years
  • pregnancy
  • prisoners
  • infusion of inotropic drugs
  • positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) requirements >8 cm H2O Women, minorities or non-English speaking subjects will not be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Respired gas heat content6 months

(6 months for protocol and 2 hours per patient)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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