PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 3 September 2001, pp. 818
Intrapartum Maternal Fever and Neonatal Outcome
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To the Editor.
We read with great interest the article by Lieberman et
al1 regarding intrapartum maternal fever related to
epidural analgesia and neonatal outcome. The authors' data indicate
that intrapartum fever has implications for the fetus. Infants of women who were febrile during labor were more likely to have low 1-minute Apgar scores, to require bag and mask resuscitation, to have hypotonia after delivery,




