Abstract:Shivering is a common and distressing problem after spinal anaesthesia which occurs due to heat loss and core to peripheral redistribution of body heat, resulting in reduction of core body temperature. Post anaesthetic shivering has deleterious metabolic and cardiovascular effect which should ideally be prevented by pharmacological methods that are economically and practically feasible in all settings compared to many physical methods. Therefore, this study was conducted using a centrally acting analgesic, ora… Show more
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