Episiotomy pain relief: Use of lavender oil essence in primiparous Iranian women

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-70

  Sheikhan, Fatemeh ^a   Jahdi, Fereshteh ^b   Khoei, Effat Merghati ^b   Shamsalizadeh, Neda ^b   Sheikhan, Masoumeh ^c   Haghani, Hamid ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Bachelor Sciences of Computer   (Iran)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Lavender; Perineal care; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HUMAN; IRAN; LAVENDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PERINEUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; BATHS; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; IRAN; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARITY; PERINEUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455196410     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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