BSTETRICS he relationship between intrapartum maternal fever and eonatal acidosis as risk factors for neonatal encephalopathy

bor is a strong risk oi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.011 he risk was 12.5% (adjusted odds ratio 93.9; 95% CI, 28.7-307.2). lthough this effect is multiplicative, there was no evidence of statistial interaction (P .93); the effect of maternal fever on the risk of ncephalopathy was similar in infants with (adjusted odds ratio 8.7; 5% CI, 2.4-31.7) and without acidosis (adjusted odds ratio 7.4; 95% I, 2.4-21.9).