Present appointment and address: Visiting Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kandang Kerbau Hospital for Women, Hampshire Road, Singapore 8.
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF A “SHORT PERIOD” TO CONCEPTION
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb02215.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 82, Issue 2, pages 158–161, February 1975
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McCarthy, T. G. (1975), THE RELATIONSHIP OF A “SHORT PERIOD” TO CONCEPTION. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 82: 158–161. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb02215.x
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Summary
The case records were examined of 918 patients delivered in 1963 at a London hospital. Comparisons were made between 52 patients who had a “short period” following the presumed date of conception and 155 randomly selected control patients. Patients who had a “short period” showed a significantly higher rate for the induction of labour (p<0.025) and a lower infant birthweight (0.1<p<0.2). Calculation of the menstruation-delivery interval using the “short period” rather than the last full period, gave a closer approximation to the duration of pregnancy found in the random control series of 155 patients.