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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 35, 332-337, Copyright © 1988 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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The effects of shivering on oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in patients rewarming from hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

FE Ralley, JE Wynands, JG Ramsay, F Carli and R MacSullivan
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.

Oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure (PETCO2), mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) and haemodynamic variables were recorded every 30 min for four hours in 15 patients recovering from hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). All patients had been anaesthetised with fentanyl 40 micrograms.kg-1, supplemented with isoflurane, and pancuronium 0.15 mg.kg-1 for muscle relaxation. Three of the 15 patients (20 per cent) shivered, defined as intermittent or continuous, vigorous movements of chest or limb muscles. Patients who shivered had a VO2 of 159 +/- 16.4 ml.min-1.m-2 on arrival in the ICU which rose to a maximum value of 254 +/- 28.3 ml.min-1.m-2 by 150 min post-CPB. In contrast, patients who did not shiver had a significantly lower VO2 of 93.1 +/- 6.9 ml.min-1.m-2 on arrival in the ICU which rose to a maximal value of only 168 +/- 11.5 ml.min-1.m-2 by 180 min post-CPB. Maximal VO2 in both groups was reached when the nasopharyngeal temperature (NPT) was approaching normal. VCO2 paralleled the increase in VO2 in both groups. By four hours there was no significant difference between the two groups; however, the VO2 in both groups (160.5 +/- 21.3 ml.min-1.m-2 and 173.9 +/- 12.3 ml.min-1.m-2 respectively) was approximately twice values commonly measured in anaesthetized patients. Patients who shivered had a significantly higher heart rate and cardiac index and significantly lower SvO2. We conclude that the high VO2 and VCO2 associated with shivering causing increased myocardial work may be detrimental to patients who have impaired cardiac function post-coronary artery surgery (CAS).


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