Comparison of Upper and Lower Body Air Warming in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery

June 9, 2017 updated by: Jeong-Hwa Seo, Seoul National University Hospital
This study is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of forced air warming using upper and lower body blankets by measuring core body temperature in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery in the lateral decubitus position over 2 hours of general anesthesia.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

135

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery over 2 hours
  • ASA I, II and III
  • age over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • refuse to enroll
  • patients with fever or hypothermia before surgery
  • patients who required changes of position during surgery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: upper body
warming with upper body blankets
Device: Bair Hugger
forced air warming with Bair Hugger air warmer
EXPERIMENTAL: lower body
warming with lower body blankets
Device: Bair Hugger
forced air warming with Bair Hugger air warmer

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
intraoperative incidence of hypothermia
Time Frame: through surgery completion, up to 4 hours
through surgery completion, up to 4 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 1, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 15, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

June 12, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2017

Last Verified

June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • JHSeo_FAW

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