Hypothermia in Cesarean Sectio Patients in Regional Anaesthesia

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cesarean Section

Treatments: Device: zero flux skin termometer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03730090

Hypothermia Sectio OUS

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study the core temperature perioperatively in patients due for elective cesarean sectio in spinal anaesthesia.

Core temperature will be registered by a zero-flux (SpotOn. 3m) probe on the forehead, starting in the holding area and continued until normotemperature post-operatively.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective patients
• planned spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Conversion of procedure to general anaesthesia
• allergy to temperature probe (adhesive)