International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 123-129 , April 2008

The incidence of maternal fever during labor is less with intermittent than with continuous epidural analgesia: a randomized controlled trial

,Accepted 1 July 2007.

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 Source of support: Seed grant from the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

PII: S0959-289X(07)00189-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.07.006

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 123-129 , April 2008

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