Intensity and Unpleasantness of Pain Following Vaginal and Cesarean Delivery: A Prospective Evaluation

Birth

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-133

  Hardy Fairbanks, Abbey J ^a   Lauria, Michele R ^b   Mackenzie, Todd ^b   Mccarthy, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Pain; Postoperative; Postpartum; Vaginal; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879179331     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12039     Document Type: Article

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