Can we find the perfect oil to protect the perineum? A randomized- controlled double-blind trial

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1328-1331

  Harlev, Avi ^a   Pariente, Gali ^a   Kessous, Roy ^a   Aricha Tamir, Barak ^a   Weintraub, Adi Y ^a   Eshkoli, Tamar ^a   Dukler, Doron ^a   Ayun, Saviona Ben ^b   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

2nd stage; Delivery; Perineal tear

Indexed keywords

ALMOND OIL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; JOJOBA OIL; OIL; OLIVE OIL; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; WAX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MASSAGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PERINEAL MASSAGE; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OILS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881170119     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.784261     Document Type: Article

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