Impact of a Global Warming Strategy From Patient Arrival in the Operating Room to Discharge From the Recovery Room Versus Standard Intraoperative Warming on Hypothermia Prevalence

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating the impact of extending patient warming before and after surgery on reducing hypothermia in the recovery room. Hypothermia, defined as a core temperature below 36°C, can increase risks such as bleeding, infection, cardiac issues, and longer hospital stays. This study aims to compare a global warming strategy to the standard per-operative warming in patients undergoing laparoscopic visceral surgery. The study compares two groups: one receiving a global warming approach involving systematic warming before, during, and after surgery, and the other receiving standard per-operative warming with a forced-air blanket prewarming for 10 minutes in the operating room. The global warming strategy extends warming from patient arrival in the operating room until discharge from the recovering room, while the control group receives warming only during surgery. Participants will be monitored for body temperature and complications related to hypothermia throughout the perioperative period. Researchers will measure outcomes such as the prevalence of hypothermia at recovery room discharge, duration of mechanical ventilation, thermal comfort before anesthesia and in the recovery room, oxygen therapy duration, blood loss, and length of stay in the recovery room. The study involves randomization and no masking, with assessments conducted during the hospital stay, mainly focusing on the day of surgery and recovery.

Impact of a Global Warming Strategy of the Patient on the Prevalence of Hypothermia in the Recovering Room