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Chapter 45 - Prolonged Pregnancy

from Section 5 - Intrapartum Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Christina I. Messini  and
Alexandros Daponte
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Prolongation of pregnancy was described for the first time in the nineteenth century as case reports. The fact that a fetus remaining longer than what is considered normal in the uterine environment can have harmful effects on the fetus was first reported in 1911 by Adam Wright, who recommended ‘induction of labour’ as a routine procedure within two or three days after due date [1].

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 373 - 380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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