A randomized trial of peppermint gel, lanolin ointment, and placebo gel to prevent nipple crack in primiparous breastfeeding women

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Melli, Manizheh Sayyah ^a   Rashidi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Nokhoodchi, Ali ^c   Tagavi, Simin ^a   Farzadi, Laya ^a   Sadaghat, Kamran ^d   Tahmasebi, Zohreh ^e   Sheshvan, Mahlisha Kazemi ^f  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Azarbayegan University   (Iran)

^e Taleghani Hospital   (Iran)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Nipple crack; Peppermint gel

Indexed keywords

LANOLIN; PEPPERMINT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; NIPPLE CRACK; PARITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; LANOLIN; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; NIPPLES; OINTMENTS; PARITY; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548704076     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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