Epidural-related maternal fever
Conditions
Interventions
experimental group:After completion of epidural puncture placement, 0.15 mg/Kg dexamethasone was injected through the epidural catheter
control group:After completion of the epidural puncture, an equal volume of saline was injected through the epidural catheter.
Sponsors
Sichuan Provincial Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
20 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The patient herself or her authorised family members had signed the informed consent form. 2. The maternal gestational week is 37-42 weeks, and there is no abnormality in the previous antenatal examination. 3. The last laboratory examination before labour analgesia is free of abnormality and the infection index is normal. 4. The mother is a primigravida. 5. The body temperature is lower than 37.2? at the time of standard operation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Temperature monitoring suggests 37.2? or above within one hour after completing the standard operation of labor analgesia. 2. Mothers with chronic diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes mellitus. 3. Mothers with other high-risk infections during labor, such as epidural catheter dislodgement and trauma. 4. the patient or family request to stop the experimental maternal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| fever or not; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Apgar score;visual analogue scale;transfer to caearean section;Blood pressure and pulse;Glucocorticoid-related side effects;antibiotic or not;Length of hospitalisation;NICU or not;Neonatal neurological score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJian Zhang
Sichuan Provincial Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
Outcome results
None listed