Pain in the first stage of labor: Relationship with the patient's position

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-103

  Molina, Fausto J ^a,b   Solá, Pedro Alvarez ^a   López, Elsa ^a   Pires, Claudia ^a  

^a Policlínico del Docente   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

first stage of labor; Obstetric pain; parturient's position during labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR COMPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0031003739     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(96)00270-9     Document Type: Article

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