Evaluation of pain in diagnostic hysteroscopy by vaginoscopy using normal saline at body temperature as distension medium. A randomized controlled trial;Avaliação da dor na histeroscopia diagnóstica por vaginoscopia utilizando-se, como meio de distensão, solução salina à temperatura corporal. Ensaio clínico randomizado

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  De Almeida, Zares Mari Melo Cavalcanti ^a   Pontes, Rosângela ^b   Costa, Hélio De Lima Ferreira Fernandes ^c,d  

^a Maternidade Bandeira Filho   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrial neoplasms diagnosis; Hysteroscopy; Pain; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA;

BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAGINA;

EID: 42149103160     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-72032008000100005     Document Type: Article

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