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Intrathecal meperidine reduces intraoperative shivering during transurethral prostatectomy in elderly patients

BACKGROUND: Shivering is a frequent event during the perioperative period. We performed a prospective, randomized, double-blind study to determine whether intrathecal meperidine (0.2 mg/kg) decreases the incidence and intensity of shivering after spinal anesthesia for transurethral operations. METHO...

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Autores principales: Chun, Duk-Hee, Kil, Hae Keum, Kim, Hyun-Joo, Park, Chunghyun, Chung, Kum-Hee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253375
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.6.389