Labor epidural analgesia is independent risk factor for neonatal pyrexia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1128-1132

  Agakidis, Charalampos ^a   Agakidou, Eleni ^a   Philip Thomas, Sumesh ^a   Murthy, Prashanth ^a   John Lloyd, David ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; intrapartum fever; labor; neonatal hyperthermia; sepsis work up

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAPARTUM PYREXIA; LABOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL PYREXIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 80052178033     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.545923     Document Type: Article

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