The purpose of this study will be to assess whether forced air warming decreases the rate of surgical site infections following cesarean section.
Given the physiologic and experimental evidence regarding temperature regulation; it remains convincing that forced air warming is protective against the development of SSI. We will set out to prospectively study the effect of forced air warming on patients undergoing cesarean section.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
forced-air warming device
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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