Pre-anesthetic oral clonidine is effective to prevent post-spinal shivering

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Mao, Chih Chieh ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, spinal; Body temperature, core: Tympanic membrane; Clonidine; Shivering

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; SHIVERING;

EID: 0032150271     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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