Parturient perineal distensibility tolerance assessed by EPI-NO: an observational study

Objective : To determine how parturient women tolerate the use of a perineal distensibility assessment technique using the EPI-NO device. Methods : An observational study with a total of 227 full-term parturient women was performed. During the evaluation with EPI-NO, parturient patients were asked...

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Main Authors: Mary Uchiyama Nakamura, Nelson Sass, Julio Elito Júnior, Carla Dellabarba Petricelli, Sandra Maria Alexandre, Edward Araujo Júnior, Miriam Raquel Diniz Zanetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082014000100006&lng=en&tlng=en