Prophylactic acetaminophen does not prevent epidural fever in nulliparous women: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
Prophylactic acetaminophen does not prevent epidural fever in nulliparous women: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
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10.1038/sj.jp.7211128
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2004-08-01
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Suresh, Maya S
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Goetzl, Laura;Rivers, Jose;Suresh, Maya S
OBJECTIVE: Epidural analgesia is associated with a four- to five- fold increase in noninfectious maternal fever in nulliparous women. Fever prophylaxis may safely reduce both unnecessary neonatal sepsis evaluations and the potential effect of fever on the fetus.STUDY DESIGN: We performed a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. Immediately after epidural placement, full-term nulliparas with a temperature of 100.4 degrees F was identical in the acetaminophen and placebo groups (23.8%, p=1.0). Neonatal surveillance blood cultures did not reveal occult infection.CONCLUSIONS: Acetaminophen prophylaxis prevented neither maternal hyperthermia nor fever secondary to epidural analgesia, suggesting that the mechanism underlying fever does not include centrally mediated perturbations of maternal thermoregulation.