Interventions for varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bamigboye, Anthony A ^a   Smyth, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Edema etiology; *prevention control ; Immersion; Leg; Pregnancy complications, cardiovascular *prevention control ; Pressure; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Rutin analogs derivatives; therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

DAFLON; PLACEBO; RUTOSIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEXOLOGY; REST; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 44949198401     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001066.pub2     Document Type: Review

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