Clinical Trial: Prevention of Shivering After Spinal Anesthesia
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Postoperative Shivering
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Comparison of Prophylactic Use of Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine for Prevention of Shivering After Spinal Anesthesia
Brief Summary:
Recently, ketamine and dexmedetomidine have been used to prevent shivering during anaesthesia, with good results. Ketamine (a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist) plays a role in thermoregulation at various levels and ketamine, has been shown to inhibit postoperative shivering in some reports and studies.
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