Effects of Heat and Moisture Exchanger in Combination With Air Forced Warming Blankets or Warming Intravenous Solutions on Intraoperative Hypothermia Prevention in Obese and Non Obese Patients During Intravenous Anesthesia

UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypothermia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01026766

upeclin/HC/FMB-Unesp-32

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to evaluate if the combination of heat and moisture exchanger with air forced warming blankets or warming intravenous fluids prevents intraoperative hypothermia in obese and non obese women under target controlled infusion-total intravenous anaesthesia (TCI-TIVA) during lower abdominal surgery.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women
• 18-65 years old
• gynecologic
• obesity

Exclusion criteria

• fever
• endocrine disease
• hypertension
• vasoactive drugs

Trial design

40 participants in 4 patient groups

Non obese/ Warming blankets

Non obese/ Warming intravenous fluids

Obese/ Warming intravenous fluids

Obese/ Warming blankets