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Use of fundal height as a proxy for length of gestation in rural Africa.
J Trop Med Hyg
June 1995
Centre Médical, Gamboula, Central African Republic.
Lack of information on the date of the last menstrual period is a common problem in antenatal care in developing countries. The aim of this study was to see whether the fundal height can be used as a proxy for the length of gestation. A graph representing the expected remaining time to delivery was constructed from fundal height measurements in 7790 pregnant women delivered in a rural African hospital from 1970 to 1988.
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Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
March 1988
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Unité de Médecine Familiale, Ste-Foy, P.Q. Canada.
This study aims at evaluating the measurement of fundal height in labor as a mean of estimating birth weight in singleton pregnancies. The delivery records of the 1983 Grande Comore Island, Indian Ocean, maternal health care centers were reviewed (n = 730). Weight and fundal height were found in 412 delivery records.
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