Shivering is defined as an involuntary muscle contraction of one or more muscles1.
Postanesthetic Shivering
Postanesthetic shivering usually occurs during the early recovery phase after general anesthesia. Young male patients are affected more frequently, and there is also a correlation with the duration of anesthesia2.
Incidence
The incidence of postanesthetic shivering ranges from 6,3% to 66%3.
Treatment
Treatment with meperidine has a positive effect on postanesthetic shivering4 5 6.
References
Alfonsi, P. "Postanaesthetic shivering. Epidemiology, pathophysiology and approaches to prevention and management." Minerva anestesiologica 69.5 (2003): 438-442. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩
Alfonsi, Pascal, et al. "The effects of meperidine and sufentanil on the shivering threshold in postoperative patients." The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 89.1 (1998): 43-48. ↩ ↩
Pauca, A. L., et al. "Effect of pethidine, fentanyl and morphine on post‐operative shivering in man." Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 28.2 (1984): 138-143. ↩ ↩