Naegele's rule revisited.
- Loytved CA School of Health Professions, Institute of Midwifery, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Electronic address: christine.loytved@zhaw.ch.
- Fleming V School of Health Professions, Institute of Midwifery, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
- 2016-05-16
Published in:
- Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives. - 2016
History
Naegele
Pregnancy
Rule
Decision Making
Delivery, Obstetric
Dissent and Disputes
Female
Germany
Gestational Age
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Menstruation
Midwifery
Obstetrics
Pregnancy
Time Factors
English
Recent literature suggests that Franz Carl Naegele's (1778-1851) rule for estimating the date of delivery has been misinterpreted, resulting in this being brought forward by five days. Baskett and Nagele's work underpinning this argument has become widely accepted and quoted in obstetrical and midwifery textbooks. However, our re-examination of Naegele's original statements does not support the recent findings. On the contrary, the original textbooks of Naegele clearly advise taking the first day of menstruation for the calculation of the date of delivery.
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- English
- Open access status
- green
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- DOI 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.01.005
- PMID 27179385
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/279154
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