Fever During Labour

Overview

Pilot study to assess fever during labour.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: November 30, 2022

Detailed 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.

Interventions

  • Diagnostic Test: Temperature measurement
    • The ‘intervention’ is repeated rectal temperature measurements

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Fever
    • Time Frame: during labour
    • Fever = rectal temp >38 Celsius twice within 60 minutes or 39 degrees Celsius measured once

Secondary Measures

  • CRP
    • Time Frame: 24 hours
    • infection marker
  • Leucocytosis
    • Time Frame: 24 hours
    • infection marker
  • bacterial growth blood
    • Time Frame: 1 week
    • infection marker
  • bacterial growth placenta blood
    • Time Frame: 1 week
    • infection marker

Participating in This Clinical Trial

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,

Gender Eligibility: Female

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 90 Years

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Herlev Hospital
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Kim Wildgaard, MD, MD, ph.d.,Clinical Professor – Herlev Hospital
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Kim Wildgaard, MD phd, Study Chair, Herlev Hospital, Afdeling for Bedøvelse og Operation
    • Lærke Vinberg Rasmussen, Principal Investigator, Herlev Hospital, Dept. of Obstetriscs
  • Overall Contact(s)
    • Kim Wildgaarf, md, phd, 38682170, kim.wildgaard@regionh.dk

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