Six months of shivering in a district general hospital.
Of 2595 patients admitted to a recovery room in Derbyshire Royal Infirmary over a 6-month period, 164 (6.3%) shivered postoperatively. Data regarding the anaesthetic techniques to which these patients had been subjected were gathered from the Derby Anaesthetic Audit System. Subsequent analysis demonstrated the importance of a number of factors that led to shivering, including male gender, anaesthetic techniques involving spontaneous ventilation, and anticholinergic premedication. The administration of pethidine, alfentanil or morphine intra-operatively reduced the incidence of shivering postoperatively.
Crossley
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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012768:Shivering / Q000502:physiology*
D009294:Narcotics