Differences in systemic opioid use do not explain increased fever incidence in parturients receiving epidural analgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Gross, Jeffrey B ^a   Cohen, Amy P ^a   Lang, Janet M ^a   Frigoletto, Fredric D ^a   Lieberman, Ellice S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; NALBUPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036300943     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200207000-00022     Document Type: Article

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