Prevalence and Factors Associated With Postoperative Hypothermia in Mulago Hospital

Makerere University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post Operative Hypothermia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03256032

POSTOP HYPOTHERMIA MULAGO

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patient's sublingual temperature was measured postoperatively on entry to the recovery room.

Full description

Adult patients who underwent non-neurological and non-cardiac surgery had their sublingual temperature measured postoperatively on entry to the recovery room.

Enrollment: 770 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients of 18 years and above, undergoing surgery and anaesthesia lasting longer than 30minutes.
• All patients of 18 years and above, undergoing elective and emergency non cardiac and non-neurological operations in Mulago National Referral Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with contraindications to measurement of sublingual temperature