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Filter by:This study was conducted to study the effect of a prophylactic dose of oral mirtazapine on shivering compared with a prophylactic dose of oral clonidine in patients undergoing urological surgeries under spinal anesthesia.
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a prophylactic dose of oral mirtazapine on shivering compared with prophylactic intravenous infusion (IVI) dexamethasone in patients undergoing gynecological surgeries under spinal anesthesia.
This study evaluates whether the use of warmed solutions during cerebral angiography reduces the incidence of post-anaesthetic shivering. Half of participants will receive pre-warmed (39ºC) isotonic saline, while the other half receives the same solution at room temperature.
Shivering is one of the most frequent complications occurring during or after spinal anesthesia with many side effects. The aim of the present study was to compare between two different doses of ondansetron for anti-shivering effect
Shivering during a cesarean section can be quite uncomfortable for the patient as well as make it difficult for the anesthesiologist to obtain vital signs. The researchers will investigate whether or not applying pressure to the P6 acupressure point during a cesarean section can treat shivering. The hypothesis is that shivering will be alleviated with acupressure.
This is a randomized double blinded trial to determine if a small dose of dexmedetomidine can prevent and relieve nausea and shivering, two of the more common complaints after cesarean delivery.
Shivering is defined as an involuntary, repetitive activity of skeletal muscles. The incidence of shivering has been found to be quite high, approximately 40-50% in different studies. It can double or even triple oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. Shivering also increase intraocular and intracranial pressure, and may contribute to increased wound pain, delayed wound healing, and delayed discharge from post-anaesthetic care. Apart from being an uncomfortable experience, its deleterious effects deserve primary prevention and rapid control on occurence.
Shivering is a physiologic response to early hypothermia in mammals. The definition of shivering is an involuntary, oscillatory muscular activity that augments metabolic heat production. Routinely in post anesthetic care unit (PACU), the core temperature via tympanic membrane is always measured in all patients. Sometimes patients who have low temperature have no shivering symptom in other hand patients who have normal temperature have shivering symptom. This indicates that, only core temperature is not enough for predicting or detecting patients who will have shivering symptom in PACU. In this study, investigators hypothesise that the core-peripheral temperature difference in postoperative period indicates patients who will have shivering symptom. Thus, the aims of this study are to evaluate the relationship between core-peripheral temperature difference and shivering symptom in patients in PACU.
Background Shivering occurs in circa 50 percent of cases during caesarean section under spinal anesthesia. The phenomenon's reasons and its mechanism are unclear, and while it does not endanger the patients' health, the sensations proved to be unpleasant and a subject of a number of patients' complains. Objectives The main objective of the study is to establish the anxiety factors that influence the risk of muscle-shivering and a detailed assessment of the probability of existence of the link between increased anxiety levels with the shivering in case of patients undergoing the elective caesarean section. Moreover, the outcomes of the study could help to further understand the phenomenon, reduce its occurence and as a result of that - improve the comfort of the patients in the perioperative period, as well as reduce the frequency of pharmacological treatment to halt the symptoms of muscle shivering. Methodology Patients would be asked to fill the STAI (State - Trait Anxiety Inventory) questionaire in the morning preceding the surgery. Results would be interpreted by one of the investigators, who obtained a masters degree in psychology. Caesarean section under spinal anesthesia would be performed according to standard procedures used in the Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego (SPSK CMKP) hospital, with standard non-invasive monitoring (HR, noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP), oxygen saturation (SpO2), Temperature). Additionally, the anesthesiologist would note the incidence of shivering and its precise timing 1. since the spinal block 2. since the child-birth. Moreover, patients would rate anesthesiology team influence on her anxiety level during the cesarean section in 5 grade scale - data would be collected by psychologist. The survey is planned for a one year timespan or until 200 patients have enrolled.
Shivering is a common side-effect of epidural anesthesia. In studies to date, the assessment of shivering has been based on a simple scale using descriptive words rather than actual measurements. We believe that we can assess shivering more scientifically by using a novel method to quantify arm movements during shivering.