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Williams Obstetrics, 23e
| Section VII. Obstetrical Complications > |
Chapter 37. Postterm Pregnancy
Sections: Postterm Pregnancy: Introduction, Estimated Gestational Age Using Menstrual Dates, Incidence, Perinatal Mortality, Pathophysiology, Complications, Management, Intrapartum Management, References.
Topics Discussed: infant, postmature; pregnancy, prolonged.
Excerpt:"The adjectives postterm, prolonged, postdates, and postmature are often loosely used interchangeably to describe pregnancies that have exceeded a duration considered to be the upper limit of normal. We do not use the term postdates because the real issue in many postterm pregnancies is "post-what dates?" Postmature is reserved for the relatively uncommon specific clinical fetal syndrome in which the infant has recognizable clinical features indicating a pathologically prolonged pregnancy. Therefore, postterm or prolonged pregnancy is our preferred expression for an extended pregnancy...."
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