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==Estimating Gestational Age by Fundal Height== | ==Estimating Gestational Age by Fundal Height== | ||
<ref>Vasquez V, Desai S. Labor and delivery and their complications. In: Walls RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, et al., eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2018:2296–2312.</ref> | |||
* 12 weeks: pubic symphysis | * 12 weeks: pubic symphysis | ||
* 20 weeks: umbilicus | * 20 weeks: umbilicus | ||
**From 20-32 weeks: Height (cm) above symphysis = gestational age (weeks) | |||
* 36 weeks: xiphoid process | * 36 weeks: xiphoid process | ||
* after 37 weeks: regression | * after 37 weeks: regression | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 31 January 2021
Estimating Gestational Age by Fundal Height
- 12 weeks: pubic symphysis
- 20 weeks: umbilicus
- From 20-32 weeks: Height (cm) above symphysis = gestational age (weeks)
- 36 weeks: xiphoid process
- after 37 weeks: regression
- after delivery: umbilicus
See Also
- ↑ Vasquez V, Desai S. Labor and delivery and their complications. In: Walls RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, et al., eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2018:2296–2312.