Optimal Temperature Control in Body Contouring Procedures
Condition: Hypothermia; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Nausea; Postoperative Complications; Postoperative Shivering; Postoperative Hemorrhage
MeSH terms: Hemorrhage; Hypothermia; Postoperative Complications; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; Postoperative Hemorrhage
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The goal of this clinical trial is to compare different strategies for normothermia
      prevention in patients undergoing body contouring and other Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
      procedures. The main question(s) it aims to answer are:

        -  Do active measures have an impact on preventing hypothermia in patients undergoing
           cosmetic procedures?

        -  Does an active normothermia prevention protocol have any impact in the clinical setting?

      Four different protocols will be used for patient peroperative preparation for normothermia.
    

Detailed description: 
      Participants will receive either of four different protocols for normothermia: Group 1
      (Control) involved patients with standard temperature management according to regular
      institutional protocol, without preoperative or intraoperative thermal protection measures.
      Group 2 (Passive thermal protection measures) had patients who underwent one-hour
      preoperative warming with hot air at 38°C (100.4°F), the operating room (OR) temperature was
      maintained at a minimum of 21°C (69.8°F), aseptic/antiseptic solutions along with
      infiltration fluid were all warmed to 38°C (100.4°F), and surgical fields were kept as dry as
      possible. In Group 3 (Active thermal protection measures), patients received the same
      measures as Group 2, adding continuous intraoperative temperature protection, using a thermal
      convection blanket by water flow (Blanketrol®) at 40°C (104°F). Group 4 (active thermal
      protection measures) included patients with the same measures as Group 2, adding permanent
      intraoperative thermal protection measures with conductive fabric electric warming device
      (HotDog®) at 40°C (104°F).
    

Intervention name(s): Control - Standard Strategies for hypothermia prevention; Fluid warming before infusion and infiltration; Thermal convection blanket by water flow (Blanketrol); Conductive fabric electric warming device (HotDog)
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Device; Device
Intervention description(s): Standard temperature management. Patients underwent one-hour pre- and post-operative warming with hot-air warming blankets at 38°C, without any other preoperative or intraoperative thermal protection measure.; Passive Measures: Patients underwent one-hour preoperative warming with hot air warming blankets at 38°C (100.4°F), operating room (OR) temperature was maintained at a minimum of 21°C (69.8°F), aseptic/antiseptic solutions along with infiltration fluid were all warmed to 38°C (100.4°F), and surgical fields were kept as dry as possible.; Blanketrol: Patients underwent continuous intra-operative temperature protection, using a thermal convection blanket by water flow (Blanketrol®) at 40°C (104°F).; HotDog: Patients underwent permanent intra-operative thermal protection measures with conductive fabric electric warming device (HotDog®) at 40°C (104°F).
Other intervention name(s): Patient warming with Warm-air blankets; Patient warming with Warm-air Blankets; Fluid warming before infusion and infiltration; Patient warming with Warm-air Blankets; Fluid warming before infusion and infiltration; Patient warming with Warm-air Blankets
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: Normothermia; Body contouring; Warming blankets; Safety; High-Definition Liposuction