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To answer the title question a team of british investigators (Banerjee S, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2004;103:287-293) inserted an intrauterine temperature sensor in 18 laboring patients with epidural anesthesia at the time they were inserting intrauterine pressure catheters. These patients then were monitored with periodic oral thermometer sampling, continuous skin temp assessment (taped to the inner thigh) and the commonly used ear canal temperature assessments.

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