Subcutaneous sterile water injection for labour pain: A randomised controlled trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-106

  Bahasadri, Shohreh ^a,c   Ahmadi Abhari, Sara ^b   Dehghani Nik, Mojghan ^a   Habibi, Gholam Reza ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Tehran University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Faces rating scale; Labour; Low back pain; Pain; Pregnancy; Randomised controlled trial; Sterile water

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 33645372285     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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