Randomised controlled trial of perineal shaving versus hair cutting in parturients on admission in labor

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1167-1171

  Kovavisarach, Ekachai ^a,b   Jirasettasiri, Phuntip ^a  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Rajavithi Post Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Perineal hair cutting; Perineal shaving; Perineal wound infection and puerperal infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544439635     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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