The relationship between body mass index and decreases in the core temperature under forced-air warming during upper abdominal surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Patients aged 20 to 80 years old who has undergone elective open upper abdominal surgery are enrolled in this study.
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000013707
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anesthesiology, Ichikawa General Hospital, Tokyo Dental College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients were excluded if one of the following conditions existed: preoperative fasting time>12 hours, coagulopathy (prothrombin time/ international normalized ratio>1.5, activated partial thromboplastin time>one and a half as much as control, platelet count<100000/m3), thyroid disorder, neurological deficits, or history of head injury, preoperative fever, evidence of current infection, the use of vasoactive drugs during surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional,observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The difference between the core temperature of elapsed time zero and minimum temperature during surgery was defined as maximum decrease of the core temperature.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood loss (g) during surgery, Length of hospital stay (postoperative days), shivering, surgical site infection, cardiovascular events.