Sterile water is better than acupuncture in relieving the pain of labor

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Lundberg, George D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; FEMALE; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WATER;

EID: 48249113333     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Martensson L, Stener-Victorin E, Wallin G. Acupuncture versus subcutaneous injections of sterile water as treatment for labour pain. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2008;87:171-177.
2. Womens Health at Medscape Best Evidence, powered by McMaster Plus. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/pages/features/newsletters/ bestevidence/womenshealth Accessed June 3, 2008.