Epidural Analgesia and Fever at Labor

• Main Authors: Ye. M. Shifman, Ye. G. Gumenyuk, Ye. Yu. Shakurova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences 2008-10-01
• Series: Obŝaâ Reanimatologiâ
• Online Access: https://www.reanimatology.com/rmt/article/view/659

Objective: to study the incidence of labor fever under epidural analgesia (EA) and to evaluate its impact on the courses of puerperium and early neonatality. Subjects and methods. The paper presents the data of a prospective study of the course of labor, puerperium, and early neonatality in 397 women in whom labors occurred at the Republican Peritoneal Center in 2006. A study group included 324 parturients in whom labor pain was relieved by EA. A comparison group comprised 55 parturients in whom no analgesics were used at labor. Results. There were no significant statistical differences between the groups in the incidence of labor fever and complicated puerperium and in that of neonatal pyoseptic diseases. Key words: labor hyperthermia, epidural analgesia, labor pain relief.