Intraoperative tramadol reduces shivering but not pain after remifentanil-isoflurane general anaesthesia. A placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 468-472

  Heid, F ^a   Grimm, U ^a   Roth, W ^a   Piepho, T ^a   Kerz, T ^a   Jage, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia general; Postoperative period, shivering; Remifentanil; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ISOFLURANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXAZEPAM; PIRITRAMIDE; PLACEBO; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL; TROPISETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SPINE SURGERY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; ISOFLURANE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SHIVERING; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049120670     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003645     Document Type: Article

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