La Clinica terapeutica
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La Clinica terapeutica · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialKetamine and tramadol for the prevention of shivering during spinal anaesthesia.
Anaesthesia and surgery promote significant thermal disorder in the human body. Spinal anaesthesia causes lower limb vasodilation and redistribution of body heat from central to the peripheral compartments. ⋯ Prophylactic use of IV ketamine 0.5 mg/kg significantly reduced the frequency and the intensity of perioperative shivering associated with spinal anaesthesia but also exhibited some side effects of the drug. Lower doses of prophylactic ketamine should be studied.