Hyperthermia After Epidural Analgesia in Obstetrics: Epidural-Related Maternal Fever

Abstract

Epidural analgesia is popular labor analgesia used during delivery, epidural related maternal fever or epidural hyperthermia is a term used when laboring woman temperature increased after epidural analgesia and when other causes of fever are eliminated. Many theories established, but the most leading once are immunomodulatory effects and thermoregulation. The increase in body temperature can carries a significant adverse effect for both mother and fetus However till now there are no preventive or treatment methods towards maternal hyperthermia, or are diagnostic tool to differentiate it from maternal infection.

Keywords: Epidural analgesia, immunomodulatory, maternal hyperthermia