Intradermal sterile water injections for the relief of low back pain in labour-A systematic review of the literature

Women and Birth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Fogarty, Vikki ^a,b  

^a University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School   (Australia)

^b Pregnancy Care Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injections; Intradermal; Labour; Pain; Subcutaneous; Water

Indexed keywords

STERILE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SACRUM; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 55749102086     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.08.003     Document Type: Note

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