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Lecturers’ perceptions on student midwives’ competence in symphysis fundal height measurement [PDF]

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Background: Performing midwifery care requires competence and confidence because of the profession’s emphasis on independent functioning and professional responsibility.
Winile D. Cele, Pretty N. Mbeje, Euphemia M. Mhlongo   +2 more
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Symphysis-fundal height curve in the diagnosis of fetal growth deviations [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To validate a new symphysis-fundal curve for screening fetal growth deviations and to compare its performance with the standard curve adopted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Djacyr Magna Cabral Freire, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Cláudio Sergio Medeiros Paiva   +2 more
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Symphysis fundal height measurements in prediction of birthweight [PDF]

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2010
Objective: To determine the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of symphysis fundal height measurement in prediction of infant birthweight and to determine the level of symphysis fundal height as cut off values for low birthweight and high ...
Pattawan Nakaporntham, Phisak Tongswatwong   +1 more
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The relationship between symphysis-fundal height and intravenous ephedrine dose in spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean section [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010
BackgroundA decreased lumbosacral subarachnoidal space volume is a major factor in the cephalad intrathecal spread of local anesthetics in term parturients and their subarachnoidal space is decreased due to the compressive effect of huge uteri. Therefore,
Sung Hee Chung, Hyeon Jeong Yang, Jong-Yeon Lee, Kum-Hee Chung, Duk-Hee Chun, Byeong-Kuk Kim   +5 more
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Measurement of symphysis fundal height for gestational age estimation in low-to-middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), measurement of symphysis fundal height (SFH) is often the only available method of estimating gestational age (GA) in pregnancy.
Rachel Whelan, Lauren Schaeffer, Ingrid Olson, Lian V Folger, Saima Alam, Nayab Ajaz, Karima Ladhani, Bernard Rosner, Blair J Wylie, Anne C C Lee   +9 more
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The combination of symphysis-fundal height and abdominal circumference as a novel predictor of macrosomia in GDM and normal pregnancy [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Macrosomia is a major adverse pregnancy outcome of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Although BMI, symphysis-fundal height (SFH) and abdominal circumference (AC) are associated with foetal weight, there are some limitations to their use ...
Zhi Guo Chen, Ya Ting Xu, Lu Lu Ji, Xiao Li Zhang, Xiao Xing Chen, Rui Liu, Chao Wu, Yan Ling Wang, Han Yang Hu, Lin Wang   +9 more
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Prediction of gestational age with symphysis-fundal height and estimated uterine volume in a pregnancy cohort in Sylhet, Bangladesh [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective To improve the accuracy of the prediction of gestational age (GA) before birth with the standardised measurement of symphysis-fundal height (SFH), estimation of uterine volume, and statistical modelling including maternal anthropometrics and ...
Salahuddin Ahmed, Nazma Begum, Abdullah H Baqui, Sayedur Rahman, Syed Mamun Ibne Moin, Bernard Rosner, Anne C C Lee, Nazmun Nahar Bably, Lauren E Schaeffer, Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum, James A Litch, Blair J Wylie   +11 more
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Symphysis-fundal height measurement in pregnancy. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2000
In many settings, symphysis-fundal height measurement has replaced clinical assessment of fetal size by abdominal palpation because the latter has been reported to perform poorly.The objective of this review was to assess the effects of routine use of symphysis-fundal height measurements (tape measurement of the distance from the pubic symphysis to the
Neilson JP.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Symphysis-Fundal Height Curve in Pregnancies Complicated by Maternal Hyperglycemia: Comparison with Curves of Nondiabetic Pregnant Women. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2020
Background. Reference symphysis‐fundal height (SFH) curves for pregnancies complicated by maternal hyperglycemia are not available. Objective. To build an SFH curve according to gestational age for pregnant women with hyperglycemia‐type 2 diabetes (T2DM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), or mild gestational hyperglycemia (MGH) and compare it with ...
Basso NAS, Costa RAA, Dias A, Magalhães CG, Rudge MVC, Calderon IMP.   +5 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Concordance of three alternative gestational age assessments for pregnant women from four African countries: A secondary analysis of the MIPPAD trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy.
Samantha Rada, Jutta Gamper, Raquel González, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Smaïla Ouédraogo, Mwaka A Kakolwa, Rella Zoleko-Manego, Esperança Sevene, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Manfred Accrombessi, Valérie Briand, Michel Cot, Anifa Vala, Peter G Kremsner, Salim Abdulla, Achille Massougbodgi, Arsénio Nhacolo, John J Aponte, Eusébio Macete, Clara Menéndez, Michael Ramharter   +20 more
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