Post - anesthesia shivering is a common problem in the recovery room with detrimental effects including increased oxygen consumption & hypoxemia . We have compared the effects of pethedine & chlorpromazine in the treatment of post anesthesia shivering.68 patients who shivered after routine surgezy were allocated ramdomly to receive chlorpromazine 0.15 mg/kg/v (n=34) or pethedine 0.4 mg/kg/v (n=34) after 15 min, 26 patients in chlorpromazine group (76.6%) & 30 patients in pethedine group (88.2%) have stoped shivering.No statistically significant difference between the effect of chlorpromazine & pethedine in treatment of post anesthesia shivering were noted (P=1.41).We conclude that chlorpromazine (0.15 mg/kg/v) was effective in the treatment of postanes the sia shivering.
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Original Research Article |
Received: 2008/11/11 | Accepted: 2000/03/15 | Published: 2000/03/15