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purple line: a standalone construct

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Midwifery

a purple-red line rising from the anal margin up the natal cleft during labour whose length has been studied as a marker of cervical dilatation and descent.

In midwifery, purple line refers to a purple-red line rising from the anal margin up the natal cleft during labour whose length has been studied as a marker of cervical dilatation and descent. This meaning comes from Shepherd (2010) in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.[1]

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References

Shepherd, A., Cheyne, H., Kennedy, S., McIntosh, C., Styles, M., & Niven, C. (2010). The purple line as a measure of labour progress: a longitudinal study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 10(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-10-54

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