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2020 Mar 12


BMC Pregnancy Childbirth


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Remifentanil patient-controlled versus epidural analgesia on intrapartum maternal fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors

Lu G, Yao W, Chen X, Zhang S, Zhou M
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Mar 12; 20(1):151.
PMID: 32164593.

Abstract

Intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia (RPCA) is an alternative for epidural analgesia (EA) in labor pain relief. However, it remains unknown whether RPCA is superior to EA in decreasing the risk of intrapartum maternal fever during labor.