Use of Oral Tramadol to Prevent Post-anaesthetic Shivering in Patients Undergoing Surgery under Spinal Anaesthesia

Shivering is a common and distressing problem after spinal anaesthesia which occurs due to heat loss core peripheral redistribution of body heat, resulting in reduction temperature. Post anaesthetic shivering has deleterious metabolic cardiovascular effect should ideally be prevented by pharmacological methods that are economically practically feasible all settings compared many physical methods. Therefore, this study was conducted using centrally acting analgesic, oral Tramadol hydrochloride prophylactically for the prevention perianaesthetic anaesthesia. This prospective observational carried out 106 patients ASA I or II, aged 15 70 yrs age undergoing lower limb abdominal surgery under Postanaesthetic evaluated during surgery. observed 11 (10.4%) among them 2 (1.9%) had grade 1, 6 (5.7%) 2, 3 1 (0.9%) 4 type shivering. Sedation 19 (17.9%) patients. The result concluded tramadol very safe superior various drugs studied till date can used as part premedication postanaesthetic