Role of mitochondrial DNA level in epidural-related maternal fever: a single-centre, observational, pilot study

• Main Authors: Christina Hafner (Author), Marita Windpassinger (Author), Eva Verena Tretter (Author), Katharina Anna Rebernig (Author), Sophie Marie Reindl (Author), Beatrix Hochreiter (Author), Sabine Dekan (Author), Patrick Haider (Author), Herbert Kiss (Author), Klaus Ulrich Klein (Author), Peter Wohlrab (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Introduction Epidural analgesia has been associated with intrapartum maternal fever development. Epidural-related maternal fever (ERMF) is believed to be based on a non-infectious inflammatory reaction. Circulating cell-free mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) is one of the possible...