Medications used to put people to sleep during surgical procedures also cause changes in the body's ability to control its temperature. These changes can make a person's temperature drop below normal. To minimize this drop in body temperature, different types of body warming products are used during surgery. This study is designed to compare the the temperatures of people under general anesthesia after 60 minutes of warming with each product. The study hypothesis is that the people warmed with the Dynatherm Medical vitalHEAT vH2 System will decrease less in the first 60 minutes of warming time than people warmed with the Arizant Bair Hugger System.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
The vH2 system utilizes a combination of localized heat and vacuum application to one hand \& forearm; this application opens AVAs in the palm of the hand and warms the extremity thus effectively warming the blood flowing to the body's core.
The Bair Hugger system is a forced air system providing convective warming via the circulation of warmed air through specially designed blanket which is placed over a portion of the body
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Compare esophageal temperatures after 60 minutes of warming with each system
Time frame: 60 minutes of patient warming
Compare esophageal temperature trends during surgical procedures
Time frame: Every 15 minutes during procedure
Compare sublingual temperatures of patients in PACU
Time frame: Within 10 minutes of arrival in PACU
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