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effect of pre-surgery warming on hypothermia during and after femur surgery under regional anaesthesia in old aged patients

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M966- Fracture of bone following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis, or bone plate
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/06/025755
Lead Sponsor
PGIMER CHANDIGARH
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Elderly patient with closed femur fracture requiring elective surgery fulfilling following criteria:-

1.Patients willing for study.

2.Age more than 60 years.

3.ASA I II III (except uncontrolled Diabetics mellitus (DM) and Thyroid disorder).

4.No spinal vertebra deformity.

5.No Ear discharge or any infection.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient refusal .

2.Age less than 60 years.

3.ASA >= IV.

4.Any contraindication to central neuraxial anaesthesia.

5.Any metabolic disorder affecting thermoregulation.

6.Uncontrolled diabetes and thyroid disorder.

7.Any recent ear infections or wax in ear.

8.Surgery duration less than 90 minutes and more than 240 minutes.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare intraoperative hypothermia incidence in between two groups.Timepoint: every 10 minutes during surgery
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
a.Time to develop hypothermia. <br/ ><br>b.Perioperative Shivering. <br/ ><br>c.Duration of need of intraoperative active warming. <br/ ><br>d.Metabolic acidosis (baseline and at end of surgery). <br/ ><br>e.Coagulation derangements <br/ ><br>f.Drop in haematocrit value (at end of surgery compared to baseline). <br/ ><br>g.Surgical site infections (at day 1 and day 3). <br/ ><br>h.Overall patients perioperative comfort. <br/ ><br>i.Post anaesthetic care unit(PACU) stay duration in between groups. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: base line , day of surgery and after surgery
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