The effect of perineal control with hands-on and hand-poised methods on perineal trauma and delivery outcome

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Foroughipour, Azam ^a   Firuzeh, Farah ^a   Ghahiri, Ataolah ^b   Norbakhsh, Vajihe ^a   Heidari, Tayebeh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Delivery outcome; Hand poised method; Hands on method; Perineal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LABOR STAGE 2; MIDWIFE; PERINEAL CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 80052872645     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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