Average and time-specific maternal prenatal inflammatory biomarkers and the risk of labor epidural associated fever.

Average and time-specific maternal prenatal inflammatory biomarkers and the risk of labor epidural associated fever.

<h4>Background</h4>The use of labor epidural analgesia has been associated with intrapartum fever, known as labor epidural associated fever (LEAF). LEAF is most commonly non-infectious in origin and associated with elevated inflammatory cytokines.<h4>Methods</h4>The LIFECODES...

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Main Authors: Dominique Y Arce, Andrea Bellavia, David E Cantonwine, Olivia J Napoli, John D Meeker, Tamarra James-Todd, Thomas F McElrath, Lawrence C Tsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222958

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222958

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