The effect of heat therapy on labor pain severity and delivery outcome in parturient women

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-192

  Behmanesh, Fereshteh ^a,b   Pasha, H ^b   Zeinalzadeh, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat therapy; Labor; Pain; Parturient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IRAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 67649397546     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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