title: Warm tub bath during labor. Effects on plasma catecholamine and beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity concentrations in the infants at birth.
abstract: In this study 13 women bathed in a warm tub bath during the first stage labor after a strictly normal pregnancy. The control group consisted of 9 women who did not want warm tub bath. Apgar scores at 1 and 5 minutes were recorded and plasma adrenalin, noradrenalin were measured in umbilical arterial blood at birth, together with pH, pCO2 and base excess and beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity in umbilical venous blood. No differences were found between the groups. No beneficial effect was found on infant condition of a warm tub bath during labor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gentofte Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gradert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenstrup
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosenø
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D007747:Labor Stage, First; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001615:beta-Endorphin; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine