Labor epidural analgesia and maternal fever

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1467-1475

  Segal, Scott ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALBUPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; STEROID; SUFENTANIL;

CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABOR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; MATERNAL FEVER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650306173     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181f713d4     Document Type: Review

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