Effectiveness of different temperature setting of forced air warming system in treating hypothermia at Postanesthetic Care Unit
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Patients age between 18 to 80 years undergoing elective surgery which operative time more than 120 mins and core body temperature below 36 celsius at PACUForced air warming, Hypothermia, Post anesthetic care unit,
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 132
Inclusion Criteria
1. Elective surgery under general anesthesia or regional anesthesia with operative time more than 120 minutes.
2.ASA physical status 1-3
3.Patient who is able to verbally communicate in response to research's questionnaires.
4.Patient whose core temperature is measured below 36 celsius at Post anesthetic care unit.
5.Patient who is consent to the research.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient whose core temperature is measured more than 37.5 celsius or has clinical sepsis.
2.Patient who is not consent to the research.
3.Patient who is unable to verbally communicate in response to research's questionnaires.
4.Patient under certain conditions that forced air warming cannot be used with such as uncooperative, burn, agitated patient or delirium.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rewarming time 60 minutes Tympanic core temperature
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adverse effects from forced air warmer 60 minutes vital signs monitoring and clinical observation,Satisfaction scores 60 minutes 5-point Likert scale