NCT04133961

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed description

This study aims to evaluate whether phenylephrine infusion can reduce postoperative shivering among patients scheduled for elective lower segment caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia.

Conditions

• Postoperative Shivering

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Phenylephrine	Phenylephrine infusion 0.3ml/kg/hour (equivalent to 0.5mcg/kg/min, phenylephrine dilution is 100mcg/ml in 20ml syringe)
DRUG	Normal saline	Normal saline infusion 0.3ml/kg/hour (normal saline in 20ml syringe)

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-12
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-01-01
• First posted: 2019-10-21
• Last updated: 2020-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia