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Wessel's rule of threes: a standalone construct

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Pediatrics

a definition of infant colic as crying for more than three hours a day, on more than three days a week, for more than three weeks.

In pediatrics, Wessel's rule of threes refers to a definition of infant colic as crying for more than three hours a day, on more than three days a week, for more than three weeks. This meaning comes from Wessel (1954) in Pediatrics.[1]

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References

Wessel, M. A., Cobb, J. C., Jackson, E. B., Harris, G. S., & Detwiler, A. C. (1954). Paroxysmal Fussing in Infancy, Sometimes Called "colic". Pediatrics, 14(5), 421-435. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.14.5.421

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