High fever following postpartum administration of sublingual misoprostol

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 845-852

  Durocher, J ^a   Bynum, J ^a   Leon W ^b   Barrera, G ^b   Winikoff, B ^a  

^a GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^b Hospital Gineco Obstetrico Isidro Ayora   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Fever; Hyperpyrexia; Misoprostol; Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLURRED VISION; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG RESPONSE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; PHARMACOGENETICS; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH DISORDER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SHIVERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952268928     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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