RT Book, Section
A1 Cunningham, F. Gary
A1 Leveno, Kenneth J.
A1 Dashe, Jodi S.
A1 Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1 Spong, Catherine Y.
A1 Casey, Brian M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1190766930
T1 Postterm Pregnancy
T2 Williams Obstetrics, 26e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462739
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190766930
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  adjectives  postterm,  prolonged,  postdates,  and  postmature  are  used  interchangeably  to  describe  pregnancies  that  have  exceeded  a  duration  considered  to  be  the  upper  limit  of  normal.  We  eschew  use  of  the  term  postdates  because  the  real  issue  in  many  postterm  pregnancies  is  uncertainty  in  the  estimated  date  of  delivery  (EDD).  Postmature  is  reserved  for  the  uncommon  clinical  fetal  syndrome  in  which  the  newborn  has  recognizable  features  indicating  a  pathologically  prolonged  pregnancy.  Thus,  postterm  or  prolonged  pregnancy  is  our  preferred  term  for  an  extended  pregnancy.