[The efficacy of the use of calcium chloride for preventing postoperative shivering]

Administration of calcium chloride at a dose of 14 mg/kg of body weight in 16.6% of patients cupped off the postoperative tremor of muscles, in 73.4%--contributed to shortening of its duration from (52 +/- 8) down to (35 +/- 10) min, in 10%--stimulated it. The changes in body temperature, central and peripheral hemodynamics, acid-base state were studied.