title: Alterations in cardiac effort and oxygenation during shivering after cardiac surgery.
abstract: This study was undertaken to determine if shivering after cardiac surgery threatens stability during early surgical recovery. Twenty-six subjects were monitored for 6 postoperative hours to identify effects of increasing shivering severity on cardiac effort and peripheral oxygenation. Analyses show that there is an increase in effort and a decrease in tissue oxygenation with increasing shivering severity.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002302:Cardiac Output; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012768:Shivering / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance