Fever During Labour

Herlev Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infection; Fever; Due to Heat

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Temperature measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04164875

2019 Fever during Labour

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study to assess fever during labour.

Full description

200 parturients will be monitored for fever during labour using rectal thermometer.

Repeated measurements 1/hr during the first 6 hours will allow us to find patients developing fever.

Fever = rectal temp >38 Celsius twice within 60 min or 39 degrees Celsius measured once .

After birth, blood samples are assessed for infection. Use of Antibiotics and other medication is Recorded. Subgroup analyses based on suspected causes of fever during birth.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years, planned vaginal birth, able to give consent

Exclusion criteria

• do not speak Danish or English, unable to cooperate to rectal temperature measurements,