Intrapartum maternal fever and neonatal outcome

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 8-13

  Lieberman, Ellice ^a   Lang, Janet ^b   Richardson, Douglas K ^c   Frigoletto, Fredric D ^d   Heffner, Linda J ^a   Cohen, Amy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Fever; Labor; Neonatal outcome; Neonatal seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FEVER; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033958287     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.1.8     Document Type: Article

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