Assessing postnatal uterine involution: a review and a challenge.
to examine the literature relating to the assessment of postnatal uterine involution. the following databases were searched--Cumulated Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Excerpta Medica (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), MIDIRS. 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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