Immersion in water in the first stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial

Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 84-93

  Eckert, Kerena ^a,d   Turnbull, Deborah ^b   MacLennan, Alastair ^c  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Departments of General Practice and Psychology

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LABOR STAGE 1; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BATHS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0035378597     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2001.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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