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Study aim
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Providing a more appropriate and effective drug with less complications for the treatment of postoperative shivering
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Design
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Randomised clinical trial with blocking of 4 and 2 parallel groups and phase 4 study on 88 patients in double blind form
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Settings and conduct
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Patients undergoing elective nasal surgery under general anesthesia at Kowsar hospital, who suffered from shivering during recovery, were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups.
To blind the study, the drugs are diluted in a volume of 2 ml and injected with syringes encrypted by a doctor who does not know the details of the treatment. Patients are not informed about the type of drug received; Both groups of patients are anesthetized in a similar way;
Patients' chills grade are recorded before treatment begins. After receiving the drug, patients are followed for 10 minutes for the main outcome and other consequences and 30 minutes for complications.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing elective nasal surgery lasting 1-2 hours (including rhinoplasty, septoplasty, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, polyps and other intranasal masses), receiving general anesthesia, postoperative shivering, with ASA class one and two.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with ASA class three or more, with a history of tremor, and Parkinson's disease, thyroid, heart, kidney, and liver diseases, anemia (hemoglobin less than 9), allergies, neurological and psychological diseases, myopathy, receiving blood during surgery, and the drug users
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Intervention groups
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1- Ketamine group: Receiving 0.3mg/kg/IV ketamine.
2- Precedex group: Receiving 1µg/kg/IV treatment of Precedex.
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Main outcome variables
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The main outcome is faster treatment of shivering in patients with shivering after anesthesia; Other consequences include body temperature, hemodynamic changes, and side effects from medication.