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Trial reportBrazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)

[A prospective, randomized, double-blinded control study on comparison of tramadol, clonidine and dexmedetomidine for post spinal anesthesia shivering].

Rajagopalan Venkatraman, Krishnamoorthy Karthik, Anand Pushparani, Annadurai Mahalakshmi

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Trial report in Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rajagopalan VenkatramanSRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Anesthesia, Chennai, India. Electronic address: drvenkat94@gmail.com.
Krishnamoorthy KarthikSRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Anesthesia, Chennai, India.
Anand PushparaniSRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Anesthesia, Chennai, India.
Annadurai MahalakshmiSRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Anesthesia, Chennai, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionShivering, a common intraoperative problem under spinal anesthesia increases the oxygen consumption considerably and is uncomfortable and distressing to the patient, anesthesiologist as well as surgeon. The present study was designed to explore the effectiveness of tramadol, clonidine and dexmedetomidine in the treatment of post spinal anesthesia shivering and to look for their adverse effects.

methodsThis prospective, randomized, double blinded control study was done on 90 patients who developed shivering under spinal anesthesia. They were randomly allocated into three groups with Group T receiving tramadol 1mg.kg

resultsDexmedetomidine was faster in the control of shivering in 5.7±0.79minutes (min) whereas tramadol took 6.76±0.93min and clonidine was slower with 9.43±0.93min. The recurrence rate was much lower in the dexmedetomidine group with 3.3% than for clonidine (10%) and tramadol (23.3%) group. The sedation achieved with dexmedetomidine was better than clonidine and tramadol. The tramadol group had more cases of vomiting (four) and dexmedetomidine group had six cases of hypotension and two cases of bradycardia. Two of the clonidine patients encountered bradycardia and hypotension.

conclusionDexmedetomidine is better than tramadol and clonidine in the control of shivering because of its faster onset and less recurrence rate. Though complications are encountered in the dexmedetomidine group, they are treatable.

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AdultAnesthesia, SpinalClonidineDexmedetomidineDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansHypnotics and SedativesIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleNarcoticsProspective StudiesShiveringTramadolClonidineDexmedetomidineHypnotics and SedativesNarcoticsTramadolClonidinaClonidineDexmedetomidinaDexmedetomidineHipotermiaHypothermiaRaquianestesiaShiveringSpinal anesthesiaTramadolTremor

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