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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12612000812897
ACTRN12612000812897
Completed
Phase 4

The effects of anesthetic technique and ambient temperature on thermoregulation in lower extremity surgery

Ayse Belin OZER0 sites90 target enrollmentAugust 2, 2012

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
anesthesia
Sponsor
Ayse Belin OZER
Enrollment
90
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 2, 2012
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Male

Investigators

Sponsor
Ayse Belin OZER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • The study was included 90 male patients aged between 18\-60 years whose physical status was in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I\-II risk group and were scheduled for lower extremity surgery. In all cases, to avoid errors in body temperature measurements arising from the diurnal rhythm, body temperature measurements were taken in the morning between 08:30 and 13:00 hours.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients with inflammatory diseases, diabetes mellitus, muscle disease, hypo/hyperthyroidism, cardiac, hepatic and renal diseases, Parkinson disease, Reynold syndrome, a history of using drugs that are known to affect body temperature (Beta\-blockers, calcium channel blockers, clonidine, steroids, anti\-epileptic, non\-steroidal anti\-inflammatory drugs, benzodiazepine), vertebral column anatomical disorder, bleeding diathesis, anticoagulant use, infection at the region of procedure, neurological deficits, drug and alcohol addiction, obesity, and those with allergies to local anesthetics were excluded from the study. In addition, patients whose surgery was shorter than 60 minutes and longer than 180 minutes and those surgeries where a tourniquet was used were also excluded from the study. Patients having a greater than 30% change in hemodynamic parameters during the surgery, those who needed to use a vasopressor or vasodilator, and those who required a blood transfusion were excluded from the study as well.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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