A reader responds to "Sterile water is better than acupuncture in relieving the pain of labor"

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lakhan, Shaheen E ^a  

^a Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; WATER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; AYURVEDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

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

EID: 50949089900     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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