The Effect of Forced Air Warming During Cesarean Section on Postoperative Infectious Morbidity

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Conditions studied: Cesarean Section

In brief

The purpose of this study will be to assess whether forced air warming decreases the rate of surgical site infections following cesarean section.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00696462

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

0

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult (≥ 18 years old) female subjects who will undergo cesarean delivery regardless of indication.
• Subjects who have signed an informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study.
• Patients scheduled to receive prophylactic antibiotic therapy.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are undergoing a true emergent cesarean section that does not allow placement of the warming devices.
• Patients undergoing general anesthesia.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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