Immersion in water during labor and delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 912-915

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Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANESTHESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLEANING; DELIVERY HEMORRHAGE; DELIVERY SHOCK; EDEMA; EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL INFECTION; MATERNAL STRESS; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEAR DROWNING; NEONATAL THERMOREGULATION DIFFICULTY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UMBILICAL CORD AVULSION; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; UMBILICAL CORD RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALIDITY; VENOUS RETURN; WATER BIRTH; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 84898718052     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000445585.52522.14     Document Type: Review

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