Comparison of Intraoperative Warming Devices

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Total Knee Arthroplasty

In brief

The sublingual (under the tongue) core temperature within 10 minutes of arrival in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) for patients warmed with the Dynatherm vitalHeat2 (VH2) System under general anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty will be equivalent to that of patients warmed with the Arizant Bair Hugger System.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00711867

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

55

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-12-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Initial total knee arthroplasty.
• Expected duration of surgery at least 2 hours.
• General anesthesia.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-III.
• Age >= 18 years.

You may not qualify if…

• Skin abrasion at the device application site.
• History of peripheral vascular disease.
• History of allergic skin conditions of the upper extremities.
• History of malignant hyperthermia.

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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