The effect of epidural analgesia on maternal thermoregulation in labor.
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.
Kapusta
L
L
Confino
E
E
Ismajovich
B
B
Rosenblum
Y
Y
David
M P
MP
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D012768:Shivering; D012881:Skin Temperature
D002045:Bupivacaine