Assessment of techniques of massage and pumping in the treatment of breast engorgement by thermography

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate techniques of massage and pumping in the treatment of postpartum breast engorgement through thermography.METHOD: the study was conducted in the Human Milk Bank of a hospital in Curitiba, Brazil. We randomly selected 16 lactating women with engorgement with the classification l...

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Main Authors: Anita Batista dos Santos Heberle, Marcos Antônio Muniz de Moura, Mauren Abreu de Souza, Percy Nohama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000200277&lng=en&tlng=en