Prevention of IPH: Electric Warming Mattress vs Forced Air Warming Blanket

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia; Patient Warming
• Interventions: Other: warming blanket; Other: warming mattress

• Registration Number: NCT01056991
• Lead Sponsor: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Brief Summary

This study will determine if modern under-patient warming mattresses are as effective as forced air warming blankets in preventing cold and shivering in patients scheduled for non emergency surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-27
• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Status Verified: 2014-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-06-11
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients undergoing elective (non emergency) surgery who will require intra-operative warming
• Patients whose surgery will be performed with them in the supine position

Exclusion Criteria

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
• All adults (over 18 years) who refuse,who are unable to fully understand the trial
• ALL laparoscopic surgeries

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
warming blanket	warming blanket	Forced air warming blanket
warming mattress	warming mattress	Patient warmed with electric mattress

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post-operative core temperature greater than or equal to 36 degrees centigrade. This is a surrogate marker for complications such as reduced wound infection and reduced hospital stay that have been previously established by other research.	15minutes to 2 hours approximately postoperatively in recovery room

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shivering	up to 2h post op (time in recovery)
Core temperature	From induction of anaesthesia to arrival in recovery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Royal Sussex County Hospital, BSUH NHS Trust; 🇬🇧 Brighton, United Kingdom