Labouring women who used a birthing pool in obsteric units in Italy: Prospective observational study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Henderson, Jane ^a   Burns, Ethel E ^a   Regalia, Anna L ^b   Casarico, Giovanna ^b   Boulton, Mary G ^a   Smith, Lesley A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birthing pool; Maternal and neonatal outcomes; Observational comparative study; Waterbirth

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHING POOL; BIRTHING POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; ITALY; LABOR; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINEUM INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTEX DELIVERY; WATER BIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; ITALY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARITY; PERINEUM; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER;

EID: 84892376120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-17     Document Type: Article

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