The effect on maternal temperature of delaying initiation of the epidural component of combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labor: a pilot study

Delaying the epidural component of combined spinal-epidural analgesia did not significantly affect maternal temperature in the study population of whom 83.3% had a labor of <5 h. However, this study was underpowered to detect a difference in the incidence of fever and a larger prospective study is required.