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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, and to require oxygen treatment in the nursery. A finding of greater concern was the increase in the occurrence of seizures among the infants of women with high fever.
We studied 73 women who developed fever during labor and …
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