Interventions for treating postpartum constipation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Turawa, Eunice B ^a   Musekiwa, Alfred ^a   Rohwer, Anke C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; PLACEBO;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTPARTUM CONSTIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOOL CONSISTENCY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 84924621011     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010273.pub2     Document Type: Review

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