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Bair Hugger™ Temperature Management Unit Model 750 for Fever

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Waitlist Available
Led By Boris Mraovic, MD
Research Sponsored by University of Missouri-Columbia
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up day 1
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will assess whether pre-operative convective warming affects how well patients regulate their temperature during surgery when using the Tiger anesthesia perioperative protocol.

Eligible Conditions
  • Fever

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~day 1
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and day 1 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Core Body Temperature
Secondary outcome measures
Intraoperative Temperatures
Skin Temperature
Temperature Differences Between Different Age Groups

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Convective pre-warmingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Undergo convective warming during the preoperative preparations, completed for a minimum of 60 minutes prior to entering the operating room
Group II: Standard of careActive Control1 Intervention
Undergo standard of care, which includes providing each patient with blankets and sheets, as well as more blankets on patient request.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Missouri-ColumbiaLead Sponsor
361 Previous Clinical Trials
627,984 Total Patients Enrolled
Boris Mraovic, MDPrincipal Investigator - University of Missouri-Columbia
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center of University of Missouri, University of Missouri Hospital
Sveucilista "V. Bakaric" University Rijeka (Medical School)
Medical College Wi Affil Hosps, Inc (Residency)
4 Previous Clinical Trials
152 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
Anesthesia & AnalgesiaJournal
Preanesthetic Skin-surface Warming Reduces Redistribution Hypothermia Caused by Epidural Block
Glosten, Beth, James Hynson, Daniel I. Sessler, and Joseph McGuire. 1993. “Preanesthetic Skin-surface Warming Reduces Redistribution Hypothermia Caused by Epidural Block”. Anesthesia & Analgesia. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1213/00000539-199309000-00012.
Journal of Clinical AnesthesiaJournal
Active Perioperative Patient Warming Using a Self-warming Blanket (BARRIER Easywarm) Is Superior to Passive Thermal Insulation: A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized Trial
Torossian, Alexander, Elke Van Gerven, Karin Geertsen, Bengt Horn, Marc Van de Velde, and Johan Raeder. 2016. “Active Perioperative Patient Warming Using a Self-warming Blanket (BARRIER Easywarm) Is Superior to Passive Thermal Insulation: A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized Trial”. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.06.030.
AnesthesiologyJournal
The Threshold for Thermoregulatory Vasoconstriction During Nitrous Oxide/isoflurane Anesthesia Is Lower in Elderly Than in Young Patients
Kurz, Andrea, Olga Plattner, Daniel I. Sessler, Guenther Huemer, Gerhard Redl, and Franz Lackner. 1993. “The Threshold for Thermoregulatory Vasoconstriction During Nitrous Oxide/isoflurane Anesthesia Is Lower in Elderly Than in Young Patients”. Anesthesiology. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1097/00000542-199309000-00008.
Journal of Clinical AnesthesiaJournal
Active Perioperative Patient Warming Using a Self-warming Blanket (BARRIER Easywarm) Is Superior to Passive Thermal Insulation: A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized Trial
Torossian, Alexander, Elke Van Gerven, Karin Geertsen, Bengt Horn, Marc Van de Velde, and Johan Raeder. 2016. “Active Perioperative Patient Warming Using a Self-warming Blanket (BARRIER Easywarm) Is Superior to Passive Thermal Insulation: A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized Trial”. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.06.030.
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