Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2006
Editorial CommentPreventing chronic pain after surgery: who, how, and when?
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2006
Randomized Controlled TrialComparison of ondansetron and meperidine for prevention of shivering in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia.
Perioperative hypothermia is a common problem in anesthesia practice. Regional anesthesia, like general anesthesia, influences the thermoregulatory process. The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of ondansetron and meperidine in the prevention of shivering during and after spinal anesthesia. ⋯ Ondansetron and meperidine have similar anti-shivering effects. In addition, both ondansetron and meperidine altered the correlation between the core temperature and block level during spinal anesthesia.