The significance of peripartum fever in women undergoing vaginal deliveries

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 567-572

  Bensal, Adi ^a   Weintraub, Adi Y ^a   Levy, Amalia ^a   Holcberg, Gershon ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Perinatal mortality; Peripartum fever; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERIPARTUM FEVER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449108529     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085624     Document Type: Article

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