Study of Heat and Intravenous Fluids for Exogenous Rewarming

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypothermia

• Registration Number: NCT02339103
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two novel active rewarming techniques in mildly hypothermic people. Volunteers will undergo 3 cooling trials in a circulating bath at 14 degrees celsius and will then be rewarmed with either shivering alone, warmed iv fluids (IVF), or water perfusion pads applied to the hands and feet. The investigators hypothesize that both heated IVF and water perfusion pads to the arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs) will prove to provide significantly superior rewarming rates than shivering alone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2015-07
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2018-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-11-21
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

• Any healthy male or female over 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

• No heart/blood pressure/cholesterol medications.
• No history of Raynaud's disease or any other condition (including asthma) that could be aggravated by cold-water immersion

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of rewarming	60 minutes	Track to rate of rewarming of each arm