Length of perineal pain relief after ice pack application: A quasi-experimental study.

CONCLUSION: Ice pack application for 20min is effective for alleviating postpartum perineal pain and continues to be effective between 1h 35min for up to 2h. PMID: 26395154 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26395154?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - September 19, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: de Souza Bosco Paiva C, Junqueira Vasconcellos de Oliveira SM, Amorim Francisco A, da Silva RL, de Paula Batista Mendes E, Steen M Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research