Postoperative shivering in children: A review on pharmacologic prevention and treatment

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 373-383

  Kranke, Peter ^a   Eberhart, Leopold H J ^b   Roewer, Norbert ^a   Tramèr, Martin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRONE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DOXAPRAM; FENTANYL; KETANSERIN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NEFOPAM; ONDANSETRON; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; TRAMADOL; URAPIDIL;

ANESTHESIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRADYPNEA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIVERING; TREMOR; VOMITING;

EID: 0037524434     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128072-200305060-00003     Document Type: Review

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