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Svenska lakartidningen, 2002
Prolonged pregnancy is defined as any pregnancy that lasts 294 days or more. It is now well recognized that prolonged pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity. It is these complications of pregnancy that have led obstetricians to adopt a policy of induction of labour before the onset of the post-term period ...
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Prolonged pregnancy is defined as any pregnancy that lasts 294 days or more. It is now well recognized that prolonged pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity. It is these complications of pregnancy that have led obstetricians to adopt a policy of induction of labour before the onset of the post-term period ...
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Plasma Oestriol in Prolonged Pregnancy [PDF]
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1972 Plasma oestriol concentrations were studied in 48 women with prolonged pregnancies. In all, 177 studies were made from the 40th to 46th weeks. There was a significant fall in plasma concentration from the 40th to 46th weeks contrasting with the significant rise from the 24th to 42nd weeks of normal pregnancy.
Jørgen Ægidius +1 more
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Doppler Velocimetry in Prolonged Pregnancy
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1991Eighty-two patients at 287 days' gestation or longer were tested by nonstress test (NST), amnioscopy, ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid volume, and Doppler velocimetry. Several maternal and fetal arteries were analyzed: uterine, umbilical, descending thoracic aorta, renal, and middle cerebral.
Battaglia C +4 more
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Nature, 1932
RECENT experiments upon rats demonstrate that pregnancy can be prolonged by 4–10 days by any of the following treatments: implantation of anterior pituitary tissue (cattle), the injection of an alkaline extract of that gland, and of extracts of human pregnancy urine prepared by precipitation with barium-alcohol and/or phosphotungstic acid.
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RECENT experiments upon rats demonstrate that pregnancy can be prolonged by 4–10 days by any of the following treatments: implantation of anterior pituitary tissue (cattle), the injection of an alkaline extract of that gland, and of extracts of human pregnancy urine prepared by precipitation with barium-alcohol and/or phosphotungstic acid.
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Prolongation of pregnancy following eclampsia
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2004Eclampsia is a serious complication of preeclampsia with high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity rates. The recommended management is induction of labour when convulsions are controlled and the women's condition is stabilised. Here, we report about stabilisation after eclampsia followed by prolongation of a preterm pregnancy for 11 days ...
Karl T.M. Schneider +3 more
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Factors pertaining to prolonged pregnancy and its outcome.
Pediatrics, 1967Pregnancies extending more than 3 weeks beyond the expected date of confinement were studied among 9,719 single, white births from the Child Health and Development Studies in Oakland, California, and 358,702 births representing all white, singleton ...
Michael A. Zwerdling
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The effects of prolonged pregnancy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1956Abstract The term postmaturity is used by many to mean at once prolonged gestation and a premature decline in placental function. While placental insufficiency is probably the critical factor in either case, from a practical stand-point it is nevertheless important to state clearly in what sense the term is used. It is apparent that most of those who
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The Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1953
If views on postmaturity are conflicting, then this must certainly be due to the uncertainty reflected in the current literature. Some features, however, seem generally acceptable.
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If views on postmaturity are conflicting, then this must certainly be due to the uncertainty reflected in the current literature. Some features, however, seem generally acceptable.
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Time of ovulation and prolonged pregnancy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1972Abstract In a prospective study of 110 women who were delivered of live infants following the spontaneous onset of labor, the time was calculated between delivery and (1) the first day of the last menstrual period, and (2) the day on which ovulation had probably taken place.
Keijiro Yazawa +5 more
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The fetus in prolonged pregnancy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1964P R o L o N G E o pregnancy has been the subject of numerous studies about the question of damage to the fetus by placental insufficiency. It is obvious that such damage ( "dysmaturity") can occur, as every obstetrician, pediatrician, and pathologist knows from personal experience. Yet there is a wide divergence of opinion regarding the significance of
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