The effect of warm irrigating fluids on the incidence of shivering during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).
Twenty-four unpremedicated patients of ASA class II or III undergoing TURP were given esia with 10 mg of tetracaine at level L3-4 or L4-5. These patients were randomly given "warm" or "ambient temperature" irrigating fluids. Those with irrigating fluids of temperature between 25.5 degrees C and 33 degrees C were arranged as Group 1 and those of temperature between 21.5 and 23 degrees C as Group 2. The results failed to show that the incidence of shivering could be decreased by the use of warm irrigating fluids.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy; D012768:Shivering; D013696:Temperature; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation