Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anesthesia, Arbaminch University, Arbaminch, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Evidence Based Clinical Guideline on the Use of Ketamine for Management of Post-Anesthesia Shivering in Surgical Patients
  Author(s): Dugo Angasa*, Oliyad Eshetu, Fantahun Belay, Abebayehu Zemedkun, Markos Muka and Minda Abebe
  
  Background: Post-anesthetic shivering is a common complication of anesthesia, which accounts for much discomfort in postoperative patients and may increase postoperative complications in high-risk patients. The main purpose of this review is systematically reviewing articles and finally drawing an evidence-based guideline for the use of ketamine for management of post-anesthetic shivering. Materials and methods: Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT) process was followed in reporting the review. A literature search was conducted using the Hinari database, PubMed, Google Scholar and Cochrane review. Important words: Ketamine, anti-shivering, post-anesthetic shivering and shivering control were employed. Following the process of extracting and filtering results according to the interventions, outcome and methodological q.. View More»
  

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