aim and background:   adding new supplements when performing spinal anesthesia can increase the duration of analgesia. the aim of the present study has been to compare intrathecal midazolam and tramadol with the conventional method for postoperative pain and shivering control after elective caesarean section. methods and materials:   in this double-blind clinical trial, 210 asa class i,ii women...

M ANY observations have been made on the effect of reduced body temperature on oxygen consumption. Overall conclusions are made difficult, however, by the wide range of experiment designs. Whether anesthesia was used, if so, depth and type, method of inducing hypothermia, duration of exposure, and species variation are but a few of the many factors tending to preclude generalizations. Too, vari...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, potency and side effects of clonidine as compared to tramadol in post spinal anaesthesia shivering. In this double blind comparative study, 90 American Society Anaesthesiologists grade I & II patients aged between 18-35 years scheduled for elective LSCS under spinal anaesthesia who subsequently developed shivering intra operatively were select...

Purpose: This study was performed to determine the effects of heated humidified anesthetic gases, via a heated and humidified circuit (HHC), on body temperature and shivering. Methods: A quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest measures was used. Data was collected from 71 patients who underwent musculoskeletal surgery for clavicle or upper arm fractures under general anesthesia from...

Severe hypothermia and an ascending impairment of shivering are previously undescribed clinical signs in hyperacute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat. These occurred in hyperacute EAE induced by inoculation with guinea pig spinal cord homogenate and heat-killed Bordetella pertussis. Hypothermia was first detected on day 6-7 post-inoculation, within 12-24 h of the on...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Epidural anesthesia decreases the core temperatures triggering vasoconstriction and shivering, presumably by increasing apparent (as opposed to actual) lower-body temperature. We therefore tested the hypothesis that epidural anesthesia also increases the overall perception of warmth. METHODS We studied 8 volunteers in a randomized, cross-over protocol separated by at...