Epidural Analgesia, Intrapartum Fever, and Neonatal Sepsis Evaluation

1997328 citationsJournal Article

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Ellice Lieberman · Harvard University

janet M. Lang

Fredric D. Frigoletto · Harvard University

Douglas K. Richardson

Steven A. Ringer

Amy Cohen · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

Use of epidural analgesia during labor is strongly associated with the occurrence of maternal intrapartum fever, neonatal sepsis evaluations, and neonatal antibiotic treatment.

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Neonatal and Maternal Infections Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

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Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 99, Issue 3, pp. 415-419

DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.3.415

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