Comparison of Upper and Lower Body Air Warming in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery

Core Body Temperature Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02993666
• Other study ID #: JHSeo_FAW
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 1, 2016
• Last updated: June 9, 2017
• Start date: December 2016
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: June 2017
• Source: Seoul National University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of forced air warming using upper and lower body blankets by measuring core body temperature in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery in the lateral decubitus position over 2 hours of general anesthesia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 135
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery over 2 hours

• ASA I, II and III

• age over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• refuse to enroll

• patients with fever or hypothermia before surgery

• patients who required changes of position during surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Core Body Temperature

Intervention

Device:
• Bair Hugger
forced air warming with Bair Hugger air warmer

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University Hospital	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Seoul National University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	intraoperative incidence of hypothermia		through surgery completion, up to 4 hours