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The intensity of postoperative shivering is unrelated to axillary temperature
Author(s) -
CROSSLEY A. W. A.,
MAHAJAN R. P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03422.x
Subject(s) - shivering , medicine , anesthesia , intensity (physics) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary The relationship between axillary temperature and postoperative shivering was examined in 302 patients who entered one recovery room in the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary over a one‐month period. No relationship was found between temperature and the occurrence of shivering, or between conscious level and the occurrence of shivering.