Fever, Epidural Combo Ups Adverse Neonatal Outcomes For women who receive epidural analgesia, an elevation in the maternal intrapartum temperature is associated with an increased risk of adverse ...

Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

January 30, 2012 — Maternal fever that accompanies epidural analgesia is associated with neurological depression in the neonates, according to a study published online January 30 in Pediatrics. More ...

BACKGROUND: Epidural analgesia is associated with an increased rate of fever in prospective randomized trials. While the evidence suggests that epidural fever is not infectious, epidural analgesia has ...

DALLAS, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As Mother's Day approaches, Dr. Amy Mauritz, obstetric anesthesiologist for U.S. Anesthesia Partners and mother of two, wants to empower expectant mothers with ...

A recent outbreak of fungal meningitis cases in the U.S. has been tied to a single center in Matamoros, Mexico, where affected individuals received epidural anesthesia, according to a July report ...

Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A subgroup analysis of the SPORT study found that patients with spinal stenosis who received epidural steroid ...

New research from Johns Hopkins suggests that it may not be the steroids in spinal shots that provide relief from lower back pain but the mere introduction of any of a number of fluids, such as ...

Researchers have developed what they describe as a "fundamentally new" treatment approach for paralysis: epidural stimulation. In a new report, they describe how 4 men with chronic complete motor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite the long-held belief that epidurals prolong labor, new research demonstrates that epidurals have no ...