Quickening and auscultation of fetal heart tones as estimators of the gestational interval. A review |
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| Authors: | J L Engstrom |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 461 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN 37240, United States;2. Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 400, Nashville, TN 37203, United States;1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, GRC 6-UPMC Centre Expert en Endométriose (C3E), France;2. Department of Radiology, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France;3. GRC6-UPMC: Centre expert en Endométriose (C3E), Paris, France;4. UMR_S938 Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France;5. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre Maladies Rares, Hernie de Coupole Diaphragmatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, APHP, Université Paris Sud, Clamart, France;6. Department of Obstetrics and gynecology, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, France;7. ISERM UMRS 707, « Epidemiology, Information systems, Modeling », University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France;1. Tata Medical Center, 14 Main Arterial Road, Rajarhat, Kolkata 700156, India;2. Newcastle University, New Castle, UK;3. Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Gateshead, UK;1. Centre for Population Health and Interdisciplinary Research, HealthMATE 360, Ondo Town, Ondo State, Nigeria;2. National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana;4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana;1. Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia;2. Australian Centre for Indigenous History, School of History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia;3. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6000, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The literature on the topics of quickening and auscultation of fetal heart tones as estimators of the gestational interval is reviewed. An historical overview of the use of these two events in determining the gestational interval is presented and a summary of the research on these topics is provided. Although limited, the research on each of these estimators demonstrates that the weeks of gestation at which each event occurs is highly variable among women. The use of either of these events as the only method of estimating the gestational interval is discouraged. |
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