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Midwifery management of pain in labor. The CNM Data Group, 1996.
- Source :
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Journal of nurse-midwifery [J Nurse Midwifery] 1998 Mar-Apr; Vol. 43 (2), pp. 77-82. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Joint data collection by nine nurse-midwifery practices in the United States permitted a description of pain management practices with intrapartum patients. Observational data are reported for healthy gravidas at term (N = 4,171). A wide variety of techniques for pain management, including both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods, were used. High prevalence modalities were paced breathing (used by 55.2% of this clinical sample), activity and position change (42.4%), narcotics (30.0%), and epidurals (18.7%). Paced breathing plus narcotics was the most common combination. Variations are reported for subgroups of women according to age, parity, race/ethnicity, education, insurance, marital status, activity in labor, and type of delivery. The only methods associated with a lowered rate of spontaneous delivery were epidurals and intrathecal narcotics.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0091-2182
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of nurse-midwifery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9581091
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0091-2182(97)00150-x