The relationship between maternal height and cephalopelvic disproportion in Dar es Salaam

Everette, V.J.

East African Medical Journal 52(5): 251-256

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X
PMID: 1157729
Document Number: 86909
The mean height of 622 primigravidae in Dar es Salaam was 148.5 cm whereas that of the 21 women who required caesarean section for cephalopelvic disproportion was only 141 cm. A definite relation between maternal height and disproportion was shown and the value of maternal height as a screening test is discussed.

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