Assessing postnatal uterine involution: a review and a challenge.
OBJECTIVE
to examine the literature relating to the assessment of postnatal uterine involution.


METHODS
the following databases were searched--Cumulated Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Excerpta Medica (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), MIDIRS.


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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Alexander
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D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014599:Uterus / Q000502:physiology*