Objective: To know the Brazilian scientific production of the last ten years (2007 to 2016) about people who experience street situations under the health gaze.
Method: Integrative literature review using the descriptors: street people, health policy and public health. We analyzed 21 articles available in the Virtual Health Library.
Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a low-level laser therapy for pain relief in the perineum following episiotomy during childbirth.
Background: Laser irradiation is a painless and non-invasive therapy for perineal pain treatment and its effects have been investigated in several studies, with no clear conclusion on its effectiveness.
Design: A double-blind randomised controlled clinical trial.
Midwifery
October 2012
Objective: to evaluate the effects of low-level laser therapy for perineal pain and healing after episiotomy.
Design: a double-blind, randomised, controlled clinical trial comparing perineal pain scores and episiotomy healing in women treated with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and with the simulation of the treatment.
Setting: the study was conducted in the Birth Centre and rooming-in units of Amparo Maternal, a maternity service located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.