Comparative Analgesic Effects of Intradermal and Subdermal Injection of Sterile Water on Active Labor Pain.
Fariba AlmassinokianiNasim AhaniPeyman AkbariPoupak RahimzadehHossein AkbariFatemeh SharifzadehPublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2020)
The injection of distilled water by either intradermal or subdermal method was associated with a significant reduction in the pain score during labor, but there was no difference between these two methods in terms of decreasing labor pain. As sterile water injection is a safe, effective, and low-cost method, it is proposed to increase the knowledge of midwives and obstetricians about this method.