Medline ® Abstract for Reference 5
of 'Overview of postpartum care'
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Assessing postnatal uterine involution: a review and a challenge.
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Montgomery E, Alexander J
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Midwifery. 1994;10(2):73.
OBJECTIVE:
to examine the literature relating to the assessment of postnatal uterine involution.
LITERATURE REVIEW:
the following databases were searched--Cumulated Index to Nursing&Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Excerpta Medica (Obstetrics&Gynaecology), MIDIRS.
KEY CONCLUSIONS:
no evidence was found that any form of anthropometric assessment of uterine involution in the early postnatal period has either preventative or predictive value. Research on this topic is long overdue.
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