High fever following postpartum administration of sublingual misoprostol

OBJECTIVE: To explore what triggers an elevated body temperature of ≥40.0°C in some women given misoprostol, a prostaglandin E1 analogue, for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). DESIGN: Post hoc analysis. SETTING: One tertiary-level hospital in Quito, Ecuador. POPULATION: A cohort of 58 women with a fever...

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Autores principales: Durocher, J, Bynum, J, León, W, Barrera, G, Winikoff, B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
Materias:
General obstetrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20406228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02564.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20406228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02564.x

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