The Effects of Water Immersion during First Stage of Labor on Postpartum Systemic Inflammatory Response
Ayçağ Yorgancı, Gul Nihal Buyuk, Mesut Akyol, Özlem Gündüz, Banu Seven, Yaprak Engin-Ustun · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2021 · Heft 03 · S. 251-256
Bibliografische Angaben
Zusammenfassung
Abstract Objective The systemic inflammatory response is a cascade of physiologic reactions that arise in response to trauma, infection, burn, or any kind of injury. This study aimed to determine the effects of water immersion during the first stage of labor on the systemic inflammatory indices in the postpartum period. Materials and methods In this retrospective study, 125 healthy multiparous women with uncomplicated pregnancies between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation who elected for immersion in water during the first stage of labor were compared with multiparous uncomplicated term women who had conventional vagi…
