Volume 7, Issue 4 (Winter 2004)                   J Arak Uni Med Sci 2004, 7(4): 22-26 | Back to browse issues page

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Talebi H, Noroozi A. Study of Tramadol and Pethidin Effects on Postoperative Shivering. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2004; 7 (4) :22-26
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Introduction: Postoperative  shivering  is  a  common  and  unpleasant  problem  with  relatively  40%  incidence  that  has  a lot  of  cardiovascular  and  pulmonary  effects. Its  main  cause  is  hypothermia  during  operation. But  there  are  also  other  causes. There  are  some  recommendations  to  resolve  this  problem. In  this  survey  we  compared  tramadol  and  pethidin  effects  in  treatment  of  postoperative  shivering.
 Materials  and  Methods: This  is  a  clinical  trial  study, performed  on  324  patient  with  ASA I and II classes. When  shivering  occurred, 1mg/kg  tramadol  was  administrated  to  162  patients  and  the  others  received  0.5  mg/kg   pethidin. After injection, the  shiver-end  time  was  recorded.  Patients  vital  sign  such  as  blood  pressure, pulse  rate  and  respiratory  rate  were  measured  and  recorded  before  and  after  injection (vital  sign  was  checked  and  recorded  every  10  minutes  for 1  hours  after  injection). Data  was  analyzed  with  two  independent  t-test  by  SPSS  software.
Results: 61.7%  of  samples  were  male. The  average  of  shiver-end  time  in  group  receiving  tramadol  and  group  receiving  pethidin  was  134.96±18  and  161.3±22  seconds  respectively, that  was  significantly  lower  in  tramadol  group (p=0.007). The  minimum  of  shiver-end  time  was  55  seconds  in  patients  receiving  tramadol  and  the  maximum  time  was  320. The  minimum  of  this  time  in  patients  receiving  pethidin  was  70  seconds  and  the  maximum  time  wad  395.
Discussion: Results  of  this  study  showed  that  using  tramadol  in  treating  postoperative  shivering  is  more  useful  than  pethidin. Also  it has  better  therapeutic  effects  and  lesser  side  effects.  
 
 
 
 
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Received: 2021/01/29 | Accepted: 2004/12/30

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