Waterbirth: An integrative analysis of peer-reviewed literature

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-319

  Nutter, Elizabeth ^a   Meyer, Shaunette ^b   Shaw Battista, Jenna ^c   Marowitz, Amy ^d  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Clinical practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Frontier Nursing University   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Hydrotherapy; Integrative review; Labor; Natural childbirth; Water immersion; Waterbirth

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORD AVULSION; CORD PH; EPISIOTOMY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL INFECTION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INJURY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER REVIEW; PERINEUM INJURY; PERINEUM LACERATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER BIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

WATER;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 84901191695     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12194     Document Type: Article

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