Potential pregnancy days lost: an innovative measure of gestational age

• Main Authors: Carmen Simone G Diniz (Author), Jessica Reis-Queiroz (Author), Carlos A. Kawai (Author), Marcel Reis Queiroz (Author), Eliana de Aquino Bonilha (Author), Denise Yoshie Niy (Author), Sonia Lansk (Author), Brena Sena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT In Brazil, the excess of interventions that anticipate childbirth, such as cesarean sections and labor inductions, has resulted in the shortening of pregnancy, with negative consequences on maternal-infant outcomes. This commentary presents a novel way to measure gestational age: the contin...