Warm tub bath during labor. A study of 1385 women with prelabor rupture of the membranes after 34 weeks of gestation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 642-644

  Eriksson, Margareta ^a   Ladfors, Lars ^a   Mattsson, Lars Åke ^a   Fall, Ole ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bath during delivery; Delivery; Labor; Prelabor rupture of the membranes; Warm tub bath

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0029784766     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609054689     Document Type: Article

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