Prevention of post-anaesthesia shivering
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 25 (1) , 43-49
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03006783
Abstract
This study involves ventilation of the lungs with warmed humidified anaesthetic gases during prolonged elective abdominal operations. Tympanic, oesophageal and toe temperatures were compared between twenty warmed and twenty un-warmed patients at various times during operation and recovery. Fifty per cent (10/20) unwarmed patients shivered in the recovery room, while none of the warmed patients shivered. Our data indicate that pulmonary ventilation with warm humidified anaesthetic gases provides heat transfer by the lungs, preventing hypothermia during operation and post-anaesthesia shivering is prevented by maintaining the patient normothermic in both the operating room and the recovery room. Au cours ďinterventions abdominales électives de longue durée, nous avons utilisé des gaz anesthésiques humidifiés et réchauffés pour ventiler 20 de nos malades. Nous avons comparé les températures tympaniques, oesophagiennes et cutanées (gros orteil) de ces 20 malades à celles de 20 malades subissant des interventions du même genre et ventilés avec des gaz anesthésiques non chauffés. Cinquante pour cent (10/20) des malades non réchauffés par des gaz ont présenté du tremblement dans la salle de réveil. Aucun des malades ayant reçu des gaz chauds n’a tremblé. Nos résultats indiquent qu’une ventilation pulmonaire utilisant des gaz anesthésiques chauds et humidifiés permet un transfert de température au niveau du poumon et prévient l’hypothermie en cours de chirurgie, et que le tremblement post-opératoire est évité par le maintien du malade en normothermie.Keywords
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