Forced air warming vs BARRIER® EasyWarm in perioperative hypothermia
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluation of perioperative core body temperature when using forced air warming or BARRIER® EasyWarm to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia: An open-label, randomized non-inferiority comparison
IRAS ID
142792
Contact name
John Andrzejowski
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
MÖLNLYCKE
Research summary
Patients undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia will experience varying degrees of hypothermia with a typical core temperature loss of up to three degrees Celsius (°C) in the first three hours. The temperature loss is most pronounced during the first hour of anaesthesia with a lowering of up to 1.6 °C. Identified risk factors for hypothermia development are a low preoperative core temperature, a low body weight, a high age (>60 years) and an ASA grade above 1. Additionally the risk increases with duration of general anaesthesia, the magnitude of surgery and with higher volumes of intravenous fluid infusions. This study will ascertain if active warming with BARRIER® EasyWarm differs compared to active warming with forced air warming in terms of core body temperature perioperatively. Subjects randomized to the investigational group will receive active warming with BARRIER® EasyWarm pre-, intra- and postoperatively. Subjects randomised to the comparator group will receive active warming with forced air warming intraoperatively.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/YH/0405
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jan 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion