ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 159-163

  Berens, Pamela ^a   Brodribb, Wendy ^b   Noble, Larry ^c   Brent, Nancy ^c   Bunik, Maya ^c   Harrel, Cadey ^c   Lawrence, Ruth A ^c   Marinelli, Kathleen A ^c   Naylor, Kate ^c   Reece Stremtan, Sarah ^c   Rosen Carole, Casey ^c   Seo, Tomoko ^c   St Fleur, Rose ^c   Young, Michal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROTEASOME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; BREAST ENGORGEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CABBAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLD TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ENZYME THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MASTITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; INFANT; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDER; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDERS; MASSAGE; MILK, HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84969179588     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2016.29008.pjb     Document Type: Review

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