Author/Authors :
parish, masoud tabriz university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of anesthesiology, tabriz, iran , asghari jafarabadi, mohamad tabriz university of medical sciences - school of health - professor of biostatistics department of epidemiology and biostatistics, tabriz, iran , ghaffarzadeh, elmira tabriz university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of anesthesiology, tabriz, iran , abedini, naghi tabriz university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of anesthesiology, tabriz, iran
Abstract :
diabetic patients may present different reactions to chemical postoperative shivering. the current study aimed to compare the rate of chemical shivering after orthopedic surgery in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. in this study, 567 patients were scheduled for elective orthopedic surgery who were selected using the census method. participants were separated into two groups of diabetic and non-diabetic patients. chemical shivering intensity in the recovery unit was measured using the nekasuchi system and compared between both groups. in total, 108 (19.41%) patients presented chemical postoperative shivering (13 (12.03%) diabetic and 95 (87.97%) non-diabetic patients). chemical shivering was significantly higher in non-diabetic patients (p=0.001). diabetes causes a decreased prevalence of chemical postoperative shivering so that non-diabetic patients are more susceptible to postoperative shivering than diabetic patients.
Keywords :
postoperative , chemical shivering , diabetes , orthopedics
