Rectal analgesia for the relief of perineal pain after childbirth: A randomised controlled trial of diclofenac suppositories

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1059-1064

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Hedayati, Hedyeh ^a   Pearce, Elizabeth ^a   Hotham, Neil ^a   Crowther, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUSOL; DICLOFENAC; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPOSITORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SUPPOSITORIES;

EID: 4844228954     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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