Epidural analgesia during labor and maternal fever

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1271-1275

  Philip, John ^a   Alexander, James M ^b   Sharma, Shiv K ^b   Leveno, Kenneth J ^b   McIntire, Donald D ^b   Wiley, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Maternal fever; Neonatal sepsis evaluations

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032942193     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199905000-00008     Document Type: Article

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