A comparison of dexamethasone, pethidine and ketamine in the prevention of postoperative shivering
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Prevention of postoperative shivering. Condition 2: Postoperative shivering in general anaesthesia.complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017012232100N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 164
Inclusion Criteria: The patients must: be between 20-60 years old; undergo general anaesthesia; be willing to participate in the study; filling in the informed consent form; not have cardiac nor pulmonary diseases; not have thyroid dysfunction; be healthy; not be allergic to the prescribed medicines; not suffer from Parkinson’s disease; dysautonomia nor rhynod syndrome; not drink alcohol; not use vasodilator; and not suffer from neurologic nor psychological disorders.
Transfusion during surgery; malignant Hyperthermia; having central temperature less than 5.36 degrees centigrade or higher than 38 during operation; and the occurrence of any kind of clinical outcome or condition that prevents the patient’s postoperative evaluation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Shivering. Timepoint: Postoperative. Method of measurement: Checklist.;Shivering after general anaesthesia. Timepoint: 10 minutes. Method of measurement: Observation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method