Nipple pain, damage, and vasospasm in the first 8 weeks postpartum

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Buck, Miranda L ^a   Amir, Lisa H ^a   Cullinane, Meabh ^a   Donath, Susan M ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST MILK; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTALGIA; NIPPLE DAMAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THRUSH; VASOSPASM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NIPPLES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896900094     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2013.0106     Document Type: Article

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