The Comparison of Warming Techniques in Patients Undergoing Open Abdominal Surgery in Litotomy Position

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Temperature Change, Body

Treatments: Device: HICO-VARIOTHERM 550; Device: Mistral-Air Plus forced air warming device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03824262

E.308215

Details and patient eligibility

About

The patients scheduled to undergo major abdominal surgery in litotomy position will be randomized into two groups in order to compare the effects of two warming techniques during the intraoperative period.

Full description

The patients will be randomized into two groups. All patients will receive prewarming with forced-air warming device for 30 minutes. All patients will receive warmed fluids during intraoperative period. One group will receive warming with only forced-air warming device and the other group will receive warming with both forced-air warming device and water mattress. Timpanic, esophageal and peripheral temperature monitoring will be performed.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Major abdominal surgery in litotomy position
• ASA I-II
• Anticipated operation time over 1 hour

Exclusion criteria

• Sepsis
• Hypothermia
• Hyperthermia
• Malignant Hyperthermia
• Tyroid dysfunction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I

Experimental group

Description:

HICO-VARIOTHERM 550 and Mistral-Air Plus forced-air warming device

Treatment:

Device: HICO-VARIOTHERM 550

Device: Mistral-Air Plus forced air warming device

Group II

Active Comparator group

Description:

Mistral-Air Plus forced-air warming device

Treatment:

Device: Mistral-Air Plus forced air warming device