Article Text
Statistics from Altmetric.com
Commentary on: OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
Implications for practice and research
Fever during pregnancy should be registered systematically throughout the healthcare system with focus on causes of the fever and any treatment administered.
Future research should also focus on the causes of fever in pregnancy and any treatment administered during fever episodes.
Context
The development of the nervous system during fetal life seems to be particularly sensitive to hyperthermia and has been associated with several adverse health outcomes such as neural tube defects, congenital heart defects and oral …
Footnotes
Competing interests None declared.
Request Permissions
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.