Preoperative Warming and Perioperative Shivering
PWPS
Effectiveness of Pre-operative Warming in Prevention of Peri-operative Shivering
2 other identifiers
interventional
180
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Shivering is one of the most commonly recognized problem associated with anesthesia, It is believed to be thermoregulatory in origin. Studies suggest that pre-warming the patient prior to the surgery can reduce the chances of hypothermia induced shivering during the post operative period. Forced air warmers are the most frequently used active warming devices in the peri-operative setting. Currently, our hospital does not pre-warm patients but if our study shows that pre-warming reduces post-operative shivering, we will be able to make an evidence based decision to start this practice.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2014
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 14, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 18, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2015
CompletedApril 15, 2015
April 1, 2015
11 months
September 14, 2014
April 14, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
inadvertent shivering post surgery
number of patients who experience shivering in holding bay
upto 2-3 hours post-surgery
Study Arms (2)
No pre-op warming
OTHERNo pre-warming in bay before surgery.
Pre-op forced air warming
ACTIVE COMPARATORA forced air warmer device (WarmTouch Convective Warming System) will be used to pre-warm patients in holding bay before surgery
Interventions
A forced air warmer device will be used to pre-warm patients for 10 minutes in holding bay before surgery. Air warming device is an electrically powered control unit, hose, and inflatable "blanket". The control unit has an air filter and heater, which warms air entrained from the environment. The hose connects to a blanket.
No forced air warming of the patient prior to being taken in for surgery
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All patients going under therapeutic laparoscopic surgery
- All patients between 15-70 years irrespective of their gender
- ASA 1-3 patients
- Those who have given informed consent
You may not qualify if:
- Any patient undergoing diagnostic laparoscopic surgery
- Patients below age of 15 yrs
- ASA 4 or higher patients
- Patients not giving informed consent
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
The Indus Hospital
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ali Asghar, MBBS
The Indus Hospital
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Shahid Amin
The Indus Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Resident, Anesthesia
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 14, 2014
First Posted
September 18, 2014
Study Start
August 1, 2014
Primary Completion
July 1, 2015
Study Completion
July 1, 2015
Last Updated
April 15, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-04