Changes of Body Temperature and Oxygen Consumption of Shivering or Non-shivering Patients in Postoperative Forepart after General Anesthesia

To probe into the relationship between the recoveries of body temperature and the changes of oxygen consumption of shivering or non-shivering patients in the postoperative forepart after general anesthesia. Methods:The tympanic temperatures and oxygen consumptions were randomly observed in 21 shivering and 29 non-shivering patients. The changes of tympanic temperatures and oxygen consumptions from the end of operation to 40 minutes after operation were compared between the two group patients,and the oxygen consumptions between before and after shivering were also compared. Results:The tympanic temperatures of all the two group patients did not significantly increase,and there was no significant difference in the increase degree between the two groups. All the oxygen consumptions at 40 minutes after operation were very significantly higher than those at the end of operation, the increase of oxygen consumptions in shivering patients markedly more than that in non-shivering patients,and the oxygen consumptions after shivering was very significantly higher than those before shivering.Conclusion:Shivering has no significant effect on the recovery of body temperature in the postoperative forepart after general anesthesia and increases the oxygen consumptions contrarily.