The epidural "fever": What does an obstetrician need to know?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-72

  Kuczkowski, Krzysztof M ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Epidural; Fetal; Fever; Labor; Labor analgesia; Maternal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEVER; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249986867     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0222-3     Document Type: Article

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