Performance of acupuncture as labor analgesia in the clinical setting

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-443

  Nesheim, Britt Ingjerd ^a   Kinge, Ragnhild ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Labor analgesia; Multivariate logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646381635     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340500432523     Document Type: Article

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