Hypothermia and the Effect of Ambient Temperature

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Conditions studied: Hypothermia

In brief

Neonatal hypothermia is associated with increased risk of mortality as well as multiple morbidities. The investigators objective is to determine if an increase in ambient operative room temperature decreases the rate of hypothermia. Operating room temperature will be randomized to the current institutional standard (67°F) or a temperature of 73°F on a weekly basis for a period of six months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02436382

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

846

Starts

2015-02-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All pregnant women and their neonates undergoing cesarean delivery by the Parkland Hospital Obstetrics Service on the Labor and Delivery "West" Unit (operating rooms 1, 2, 3, and 5) during the study period.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects will be excluded from the study if cesarean delivery is planned but a precipitous vaginal delivery occurs, intrauterine fetal demise has been diagnosed prior to start of surgery, the neonate is noted to have a major congenital anomaly, resuscitative efforts are not performed ("comfort care only" provided), or a neonatal temperature is not available.

Where it is running

• Parkland Memorial Hospital — Dallas, Texas, United States

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