Maternal and Cord Serum Cytokine Changes with Continuous and Intermittent Labor Epidural Analgesia: A Randomized Study

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Box plots of intra- and intergroup maternal serum cytokine changes by infusion method during labor epidural analgesia. IL-6: interleukin-6, IL-1β: interleukin-1β, IL-8: interleukin-8, GM-CSF: granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α. IL: ILEA group. CL: CLEA group. BL: baseline. 4 h and 8 h: 4 and 8 hours from baseline, respectively. 4 PP: 4 hours postpartum. *: Significant intragroup changes from baseline. There were no intergroup differences.

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