Intraoperative Phenylephrine Infusion to Reduce Postoperative Shivering in Lower Segment Caesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Assessment of whether and how phenylephrine infusion reduces postoperative shivering in spinal anaesthesia.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
• Treatments: Oxymetazoline; Phenylephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• More than 18 years of age

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II patients

• Patients with singleton pregnancy who are scheduled to undergo elective lower segment caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with contraindication to phenylephrine

• Patients with evidence of fever or infection, or hypothermia preoperatively

• BMI ≥ 40

• Height <150cm