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===Estimating Gestational Age by Fundal Height===
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<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>
 
{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Weeks'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Fundal Height / Finding'''
|-
| 12||Pubic symphysis
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| 20||Umbilicus
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| 20-32||Height (cm) above symphysis = gestational age (weeks)
|-
| 36||Xiphoid process
|-
| >37||Regression
|-
| Post delivery||Umbilicus
|}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 20:26, 17 March 2021

Estimated Gestational Age by Fundal Height[1]

Weeks Fundal Height / Finding
12 Pubic symphysis
20 Umbilicus
20-32 Height (cm) above symphysis = gestational age (weeks)
36 Xiphoid process
>37 Regression
Post delivery Umbilicus


See Also

Pregnancy

References

  1. 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.