Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Apr 2005
Clinical Trial[Epidural obstetric analgesia, maternal fever and neonatal wellness parameters].
To study the relation between epidural analgesia and the development of maternal fever during labor and childbirth, and to determine the possible relation between that association and neonatal welfare and in the performance of tests to rule out sepsis in newborns. ⋯ Epidural analgesia was associated with greater risk of developing fever in mothers giving birth, but that association had no repercussion on the neonatal wellness parameters studied.