Enemas during labour

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Reveiz, Ludovic ^a   Gaitan H G ^b   Cuervo, L G ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones   (Colombia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Enema; *Labor stage, first; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Risk

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LABOR STAGE 1; NEWBORN INFECTION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 44949240539     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000330.pub2     Document Type: Review

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