Status:

COMPLETED

Cooling Vest May Reduce Heat Stress During Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

The Cleveland Clinic

Conditions:

Body Temperature Changes

Eligibility:

All Genders

25-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators will propose a randomized cross-over trial using a uniform and strongly balanced 4-period design in which will include four operations for each surgeon. Surgeons will be randomized t...

Detailed Description

The subjects will be randomly assigned to use either the CoolSource™ cooling vest (worn between scrubs) and a conventional surgical gown for each of 4 surgeries. Sequence of treatments within the subj...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Surgeons who perform elective major orthopedic surgery such as total hip and knee arthroplasties scheduled for 90 to 150 minutes at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus.
  • Orthopedic surgeons ages of 25-65 years old, as body temperatures may be lower and less stable in the elderly (Waalen \& Buxbaum, 2011), who operate frequently enough to participate in four cross-over cases.
  • Surgical helmet system is consistently worn for each of the surgeon's four cases, if used in the first case.

Exclusion

  • Surgical cases that require surgeons to sit on stools during the procedure, which may impact temperature and energy expenditure.
  • \- Surgeons who report having a recent illness within 24 hours prior to the surgery, symptoms producing a febrile condition;
  • Surgeons who worked the previous evening.
  • Surgeons who wear lead X-ray gowns.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 25 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 25 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04511208

Start Date

August 25 2020

End Date

February 25 2022

Last Update

July 28 2022

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195