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  1. Abdominal girth 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003938.htm
    Abdominal girth is the measurement of the distance around the abdomen at a specific point. Measurement is most ... at the level of the belly button (navel). Abdominal girth is used to diagnose and monitor the following: ...
  2. Abdominal girth measurement (image) 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/8709.htm
    The measurement of the abdominal girth may be helpful in evaluating central adiposity. Central obesity (“apple shaped” body type) is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome.
  3. Lynch Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1211
    ... e.g., pelvic or abdominal pain, bloating, increased abdominal girth, difficulty eating, early satiety, urinary frequency or urgency). ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Skin integrity, immobility, and pressure ulcers in class III obese patients 
    Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101609906
    ... staff required prevalence of ulcers compared with non- abdominal girth is the first step to ensur- to reposition ... the patient’s skin folds d. Measuring the patient’s abdominal girth 4. Which of the following actions is not ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Life insurance examination 
    Publication: St. Louis : The C.V. Mosby Company, 1924
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/32821680R
    ... In. weight? (State amount t and cause.) <*• J- Girth of abdomen at umbilicus In. 11. a. State rate of ... Reason? c Clear or cloudy when voided? c Girth of abdomen? c in. d Albumin? e Tests used? d ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Childhood cancer current outlook 
    Publication: [Reston, VA] : American College of Radiology, 1969
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/9717524
    ... before hospital admission to have a slowly increasing abdominal girth with some distention of the superficial veins of the abdomen. But was not noted to have an abdominal ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Multilocular adeno-papillo-cystoma of the ovary : with sarcomatous nodules on the inner ... 
    Publication: New York : William Wood & Co., 1896
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101487791
    ... the left anterior superior spine, twenty centimetres. The abdominal girth at CULLEN : MULTILOCULAR ADENO PAPILLOMA-CYSTOMA the umbilicus is fifty-four centimetres ; the greatest circumfer- ence, fifty-eight ... After opening the abdominal cavity the cyst was punctured with a trocar ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - The treatment of fibroid tumors of the uterus after the method of Dr. Apostoli 
    Publication: Boston : Damrell & Upham, 1891
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101493126
    ... on the right than on the left. The abdominal girth was thirty-six inches. She had begun to ... patient again till February 4, 1890. Her umbilical girth was then forty-two ... and filling the abdomen almost com- pletely. She reported that she had ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Aviation medicine in the A. E. F 
    Publication: Washington : Government Printing Office, 1920
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/35721330R
    ... MEDICINE IN THE A. E. E. Constitution Constitution. Abdominal girth . Sangle abdominale. Heart Coeur. Aorta Aorte (a) While ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Consumption : how to prevent it and how to live with it : its nature, its causes, its ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Davis, 1891
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/65420780R
    ... strength, and especially in measurements of chest and abdominal girth ; but after training for two years the same ...
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