Ondansetron does not reduce the shivering threshold in healthy volunteers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 732-737

  Komatsu, R ^a   Orhan Sungur, M ^a,b   In, J ^a   Podranski, T ^d   Bouillon, T ^d   Lauber, R ^d   Rohrbach, S ^d   Sessler, D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antagonist, ondensetron; Complications, hypothermia; Complications, shivering; Temperature, body, regulation

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33646895623     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael101     Document Type: Article

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