Magnesium sulphate only slightly reduces the shivering threshold in humans

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 756-762

  Wadhwa, A ^a,b   Sengupta, P ^a   Durrani, J ^b   Akca O ^a,b   Lenhardt, R ^a,b   Sessler, D I ^a,b   Doufas, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, protection; Complications, hypothermia; Complications, shivering; Heart, cardiac protection; Ions, magnesium; Monitoring, temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; DYNAMOMETRY; EARDRUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SPIROMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 19944367605     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei105     Document Type: Article

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