comparison of two medicines used during anaesthesia for treatment of shivering
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing spinal anesthesia and experiencing post spinal shivering
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/08/003864
- Lead Sponsor
- Dayanand Medical College Hospital Civil Lines Ludhiana
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
50 ASA grade-l & II patients of either gender aged 18 to 65 years scheduled for elective as well as emergency lower abdominal, lower limb, orthopaedic and plastic surgeries under spinal anaesthesia were included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with known hypersensitivity to Dexmedetomidine or Tramadol, cardio-pulmonary, renal or hepatic disease, hyperthyroidism, psychiatric disorder, urinary tract infection, severe diabetes or autonomic neuropathies, known history of substance or alcohol abuse, patients receiving any pre-medication were not be included in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cessation of shiveringTimepoint: time of cessation of shivering
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method level of sedationTimepoint: intra and post-operative