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The effect of epidural analgesia on material thermoregulation in labor
Author(s) -
Kapusta Livia,
Confino Edmond,
Ismajovich Bernardo,
Rosenblum Yossef,
David Menachem P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90102-x
Subject(s) - medicine , shivering , epidural space , anesthesia , bupivacaine , thermoregulation , lumbar , core (optical fiber) , core temperature , surgery , materials science , composite material
Core and peripheral body temperatures were recorded in 24 parturients in labor with epidural analgesia and in 9 control parturients without analgesia. Shivering occurred in 11 (46%) of the women with epidural analgesia and in one parturient without analgesia. Twelve patients (50%) showed increase in leg and chest temperatures after injection of bupivacaine 0.35% into the epidural space. Lumbar epidural analgesia may produce shivering and temporary temperature changes in the periphery. Core temperature is not significantly altered.