Perioperative Active Warming Techniques in Colorectal Surgeries

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Normothermia

In brief

We propose a study in which we compare two intraoperative active warming devices for maintenance of normothermia in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. A novel underbody resistive warming mattress (VitaHeat) will be compared to the forced air warming blanket (3M Bair Hugger) that is currently used in our institution. Our hypothesis is that the underbody resistive warming mattress will be equally effective as forced air warming in maintaining normothermia in colorectal surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00913978

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

50

Starts

2017-04-13

Expected to finish

2018-12-21

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients older than 18 years old undergoing laparoscopic or open colorectal surgical procedures under general anesthesia.

You may not qualify if…

• Any patient who is less than 18 years old.
• Emergent surgery
• Any patient with thyroid problems
• Any patient with preoperative fever
• Any patient who is pregnant
• Any adult patients unable to consent
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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