The Patient Observer: Sterile Water Injections for Labor Pain

Birth

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-336

  Mårtensson, Lena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain relief; Sterile water injection

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LABOR PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; WATER;

EID: 78649558831     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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