'Keeping them Warm' - A randomised controlled trial of two passive perioperative warming methods

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000931673
• Lead Sponsor: Michael Koenen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-08-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 328

Inclusion Criteria

adult patients 18 years and over who undergo elective surgery where the estimated time of surgery is less tha one hour;
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 3 and under;
- general anaesthesia or combined general/regional

Exclusion Criteria

- ASA 4 and over;
- surgery predicted longer than one hour;
- predicted local/regional anaesthesia or sedation;
- patients who do not consent for their data to be collected to be used for research purposes;
- patients whose surgery will be cancelled or postponed;
- when nurses are not able to consent patients due to workload
- surgery to the head, nose and throat

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified