A randomized trial of the effects of antibiotic prophylaxis on epidural-related fever in labor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 604-610

  Sharma, Shiv K ^a   Rogers, Beverly B ^a   Alexander, James M ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFOXITIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896700265     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a5d539     Document Type: Article

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