Intrapartum Fever: Antibiotics Versus no Treatment

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2018-07-26
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether antibiotics can be safely avoided in women who develop a fever during labor. Because investigators have no accurate tests to determine whether women who develop fever during labor have intra-amniotic infection, antibiotics are often used to prevent spread of infection to the fetus.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women between 34-42 weeks gestation

• Singleton fetus

• Admitted for labor management & develops a fever of 100.4 F or greater

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known fetal anomaly

• Other indication for intrapartum antibiotics (endocarditis prophylaxis, other known maternal infection)