Epidural analgesia, intrapartum fever, and neonatal sepsis evaluation

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 415-419

  Lieberman, Ellice ^a   Lang, Janet M ^b   Frigoletto Jr , Fredric ^c   Richardson, Douglas K ^d   Ringer, Steven A ^d   Cohen, Amy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Joint Program in Neonatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030900251     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.3.415     Document Type: Article

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