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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 29, 632-635, Copyright © 1982 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

A Case of Acute Hyperpyrexia with Violent Shivering Immediately after Operation Under Epidural Anaesthesia Supplemented by Nitrous Oxide

M. YAMASHITA M.D.1, K. HONDA M.D.1, H. IHA M.D.1, S. KONDO M.D.1, A. MATSUKI M.D.1, and T. OYAMA M.D.1

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Hirosaki University, School of Medicine, Hirosaki, 036 Japan

Acute rise of body temperature to 40° C triggered by violent shivering was observed immediately after operation under epidural anaesthesia supplemented by nitrous oxide in a 65-year-old male patient. Cooling was not effective until the patient was anaesthetized with thiopentone, diazepam, and trifiupromazine to control the shivering.

Key Words: COMPLICATIONS, postoperative shivering, hyperpyrexia • ANAESTHETICS, gases, nitrous oxide • ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUES, epidural






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