Single Bolus Intravenous Ephedrine Attenuates Reduction of Core Body Temperature in Patients Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia for Arthroscopic Knee and Ankle Surgery

Summary

A prospective double-blinded randomized controlled study to determine efficacy of ephedrine in preserving core temperature in patients under neuraxial spinal anesthesia for knee and ankle arthroscopic surgery.

Timeline

Start

2016-09-22

Primary completion

2017-07-27

Completion

2017-07-27

Publications

• Background Thanist Pravitharangul, Wirakorn Koopinpaitoon, Rungruedee Kraisen, Rojnarin Komonhirun. Ephedrine and propofol for induction of general anesthesia can decrease intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing plastic and breast surgery: a randomized, controlled trial. Asian Biomedicine Vol. 9 No. 3 June 2015; 379 - 385

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.