Association of lymphocyte count and incidence of maternal fever in epidural analgesia-involved labor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence showed that the use of epidural analgesia increased the risk of maternal fever during labor, and the potential mechanisms involved inflammation. Lymphocyte played a role in the inflammatory responses, and lymphopenia predicted adverse outcomes for patients. The aim of this study was to investigate whether lymphocyte count was associated with the incidence of intrapartum fever in nulliparous women undergoing vaginal delivery.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, electronic medical record data at the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital (IPMCH, Shanghai, China) between 2012 and 2017 were extracted. The primary outcome of this study was baseline lymphocyte count in febrile and afebrile parturients who received labor epidural analges

SUBMITTER: Chai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791247 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature