Epidural analgesia for labor pain and its relationship to fever

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 777-787

  Alexander, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; NALBUPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ACIDOSIS; BABOON; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEVER; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOXIA; LABOR PAIN; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23444439655     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.004     Document Type: Review

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