Body temperature and shivering during caesarean sections
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HypothermiaHyperthermiaShiveringReproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622001214729
- Lead Sponsor
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
•Elective caesarean section under subarachnoid block (spinal/combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia)
•Intrapartum emergency caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia
• Age 18 or above
Exclusion Criteria
•Patient refusal
•Inability to consent
• ASA 3 or over
•Morbidly obese (BMI 50 or over)
•Category 1 or Code Blue” emergency caesarean section (due to an urgent threat to the life of the woman or the fetus” as per RANZCOG)
•Antepartum haemorrhage requiring blood transfusion
•Active warming with air forced blanket and/or fluid warmer are planned to use from the beginning of the caesarean section
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Core temperature change from the baseline at the onset of shivering (shivering threshold delta: difference in core temperature between baseline and the onset of shivering) between elective vs emergency caesarean section.<br><br>Core temperature is monitored by BHTMS and recorded in a logger attached to BHTMS. Data of the core temperature will be extracted via USB of the logger after the case. The onset of shivering is recorded by a research member or anaesthetist on a data sheet. [The time of the shivering onset]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Maximum change in core temperature from the baseline between elective vs emergency caesarean section.<br><br>Core temperature is monitored by BHTMS and recorded in a logger attached to BHTMS. Data of the core temperature will be extracted via USB of the logger after the case. [The time of lowest core temperature and highest core temperature during the caesarean section. ];2.Maximum change in core temperature between those who shivered vs those who did not shiver, and elective vs emergency caesarean section.<br><br>Core temperature is monitored by BHTMS and recorded in a logger attached to BHTMS. Data of the core temperature will be extracted via USB of the logger after the case. [The time of the maximum difference (increase or decrease) of core temperature from that of base line. ]