Chronobiology of labour pain perception: An observational study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-453

  Aya, A Guy M ^a,b   Vialles, N ^a   Mangin, R ^a   Robert, C ^a   Ferrer, J M ^a   Ripart, J ^a   de La Coussaye, J E ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia, obstetric; Analgesic techniques, extradural; Measurement techniques, visual analogue; Pain, acute; Pain, mechanism; Pain, psychological variables; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 4444372454     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh223     Document Type: Article

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