"Labor Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Pain associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR in CHILDBIRTH. It is caused primarily by UTERINE CONTRACTION as well as pressure on the CERVIX; BLADDER; and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Labor pain mostly occurs in the ABDOMEN; the GROIN; and the BACK.
| Descriptor ID |
D048949
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.451
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| Concept/Terms |
Labor Pain- Labor Pain
- Pain, Labor
- Obstetric Pain
- Pain, Obstetric
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Labor Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Cultivating the ideal obstetrical patient: How physicians-in-training describe pain associated with childbirth. Soc Sci Med. 2022 11; 312:115365.
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Update on nitrous oxide and its use in anesthesia practice. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2018 Jun; 32(2):113-123.
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Patients' preferences for labor analgesic counseling: A qualitative analysis. Birth. 2017 12; 44(4):345-351.
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Pain and Analgesia During Labor and Delivery Between 16 0/7 and 22 6/7 Weeks of Gestation. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 06; 127(6):1161-1165.
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The influence of time of day of administration on duration of opioid labor analgesia. Anesth Analg. 2010 Oct; 111(4):986-91.