Temperature Measurement in Post-Anesthesia Care Units

Completed

Conditions studied: Surgery, Postoperative, Laparoscopic Surgery, General Anesthesia

In brief

This study will evaluate the accuracy of several thermometers and temperature changes during surgery and immediately after surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00614588

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

50

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 to 80 years of age
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of 1-3
• laparoscopic surgery of the abdomen or pelvis that is expected to require general endotracheal anesthesia and insertion of a Foley catheter expected to be in place for at least one hour after surgery

You may not qualify if…

• under 18 or over 80 years of age
• pre-existing nasogastric tube
• require bispectral index monitoring
• upper esophageal disease
• forehead rash or infection, oral infection or trauma, or ear infection or drainage

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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