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Title:Maternal height and perinatal outcome in Mozambique
Authors:Liljestrand, Jerker
Bergström, Staffan
Westman, Susanne
Year:1985
Periodical:Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Volume:31
Issue:6
Pages:306-310
Language:English
Geographic term:Mozambique
Subject:obstetrics
External link:http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/6/306
Abstract:The antenatal care programme of Mozambique recommends all nulliparous women below 150 cm in height to give brith at provincial hospitals. The consequences and possible value of this recommendation were studied. The authors concluded that women shorter than 150 cm have an increased risk of perinatal loss, the risk being particularly high at their first delivery. Some of the risk increase may be due to cephalopelvic disproportion. Short women need special attention during pregnancy and delivery but it is not possible to refer all primipara below 150 cm to provincial hospitals as they constitute 6% of all pregnant women in some areas. Ref., sum.
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