Prophylactic low dose ketamine and ondansetron for prevention of shivering during spinal anaesthesia

Background: Perioperative shivering is a common problem during anaesthesia. Apart from physical warming many drugs have also been used for prevention of shivering. Ketamine has been used for preventing shivering during anaesthesia in doses of 0.5 to 0.75mg kg -1 , but even these doses causes too muc...

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Published in:	Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Main Authors:	B Shakya, A Chaturvedi, B P Sah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Subjects:	Shivering Spinal anaesthesia Ketamine Ondansetron
Online Access:	http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2010;volume=26;issue=4;spage=465;epage=469;aulast=Shakya