Perineal outcomes and maternal comfort related to the application of perineal warm packs in the second stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 282-290

  Dahlen, Hannah G ^a,c   Homer, Caroline S E ^b   Cooke, Margaret ^a   Upton, Alexis M ^c   Nunn, Rosalie ^d   Brodrick, Belinda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Midwifery ^*

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Canterbury Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Obstetrics; Pain; Perineum; Second stage of labor; Third and fourth degree lacerations; Urinary incontinence after childbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PERINEUM WARM PACK; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 36249022560     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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