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Comparison between pentazocine, pethidine and placebo in the treatment of post‐anesthetic shivering Note
Author(s) -
Terasako K.,
Yamamoto M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440316.x
Subject(s) - pethidine , medicine , pentazocine , shivering , placebo , anesthesia , anesthetic , analgesic , alternative medicine , pathology
Background: We have compared the effects of pethidine, pentazocine and placebo in the treatment of post‐anesthetic shivering. Methods: Forty‐five patients who shivered after routine surgery were allocated randomly to receive normal saline (n=15), pentazocine 7.5 mg (n=15) or pethidine 17.5 mg (n=15). Results: After 10 min, 13 patients had stopped shivering in the pethidine group, which was significantly more than the incidence in the two other groups (placebo=2; pentazocine=4) ( P <0.01). Pentazocine was not significantly different from normal saline in affecting shivering. Conclusion: We conclude that pentazocine 7.5 mg was not effective in the treatment of post‐anesthetic shivering( Note).