Management of shivering after spinal anesthesia in parturient

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness and safety of different methods of shivering control in patients with spinal anesthesia during cesarean delivery in Al-Abbas, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Imam Al-Hujjah), and Al Kafeel hospitals in Karbala. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on pregnant women who have delivered from 2016 to 2022 in Karbala city. More than 90% of cesarean delivery in Karbala were conducted in 3 hospitals including Imam Al-Hujjah hospital, Al-Abbas, and Al Kafeel. Patients were selected by a simple random method and the sample size for each hospital was defined with the proportion to size method. The researcher-made checklist was used to collect the data and data were extracted from medical documents of patients. In case of huge missing data in medical documents, the patient was excluded from the study, and another patient was selected by the same method. Result: In this study, 755 patients were included to the study. The mean age of participants was 24.48 ± 4.56 years. The incidence of shivering was 21.59% in participants, which were 31.34% in participants who received no intervention, warmed cover, and fluid therapy; and 18.05% in participants who received tramadol, and pethidine, or clonidine.