Open AccessReduction in the incidence of shivering with perioperative dexmedetomidine: A randomized prospective study
Author(s) -
Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa,
Sachin Gupta,
Jasbir Kaur,
Amarjit Singh,
SS Parmar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.92452
Subject(s) - shivering , medicine , dexmedetomidine , anesthesia , perioperative , incidence (geometry) , sedation , statistical significance , heart rate , post hoc analysis , surgery , saline , blood pressure , physics , optics
Shivering is distressing to the patient and discomforting to the attending anesthesiologist, with a varying degree of success. Various drugs and regimens have been employed to abolish the occurrence of shivering. The present study aims to explore the effectiveness of dexmedetomidine in suppressing the postanesthetic shivering in patients undergoing general anesthesia.