Waterbirth: Water temperature and bathing time - Mother knows best!

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-378

  Geissbuehler, Verena ^a   Eberhard, Jakob ^a   Lebrecht, Antje ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bathing duration; Bathing temperature; Waterbirth guidelines; Waterbirths

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BATH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WATER BIRTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0036032467     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2002.058     Document Type: Article

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