Postanaesthetic shivering. Epidemiology, pathophysiology and approaches to prevention and management

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 438-442

  Alfonsi, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, adverse effects; Shivering, physiopathology; Shivering, prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEFOPAM; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SHIVERING; ANESTHESIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHIVERING;

EID: 0141724778     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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