Status:
COMPLETED
Does Warming Mothers During Cesarean Delivery Help Keep Babies Warm When Delivered?
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Cesarean Delivery
Eligibility:
FEMALE
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study to investigate whether using a special warming blanket during Cesarean delivery helps maintain a normal body temperature in the baby when compared to mothers that are not war...
Detailed Description
Maternal hypothermia during Cesarean delivery is predominately caused by a combination of neuraxial anesthesia and exposure of abdominal contents and skin to the low temperatures of the operating room...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All women undergoing elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia or combined spinal epidural anesthesia
- Greater than 28 weeks gestation
- ASA 1 \& 2 classification of health
- Mothers presenting to the assessment or labour and delivery unit with ruptured membranes or early signs of labour, but not in active labour, who are not planned for a vaginal birth and who need an urgent cesarean delivery
- Potential subjects need to be able to read and understand English unless independent (non-partner) translator available
Exclusion
- Mothers in active labour - 3cm or more dilated with regular coordinated contractions
- ASA 3 or above
- Emergency cesarean delivery for fetal heart rate abnormalities
- Cesarean delivery under general anesthesia
- Maternal age \<19 years
- Maternal infection
- Mothers with a CSE where \> 5ml of epidural local anesthetic is given prior to the delivery of the fetus
- Mothers with vascular disease - with the exception of hypertension/pre-eclampsia
- Mothers with Type I Diabetes Mellitus
- Untreated hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism
- Mothers with a history or family history of malignant hyperthermia
- Those who cannot understand English, and lack of consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00616174
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
March 17 2014
Active Locations (1)
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BC Women's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada