A randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of icepacks and Epifoam with cooling maternity gel pads at alleviating postnatal perineal trauma

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-55

  Steen, Mary ^a   Cooper, Keith ^a   Marchant, Paul ^a   Griffiths Jones, Martin ^a   Walker, James ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INJURY; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CONTUSIONS; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ICE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034157168     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0188     Document Type: Article

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