TY - CHAP
T1 - Considerations for labor, delivery and postnatal care
AU - Ashwal, Eran
AU - Yogev, Yariv
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Future Medicine Ltd.
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - Obesity is acknowledged as a growing threat to the well-being of the gravid patient, both during and after the preg nancy, and to the wellbeing of the offspring. The recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that more than a third of reproductive-aged women were obese, and 7.6% of those women were extremely obese (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) [1]. Obese women are more likely to have medical, surgical and obstetrics complications during labor and delivery, which include increased rates of induction of labor, dysfunctional labor patterns and higher rates of ce-sarean delivery [2]. In this chapter, we will focus on maternal considerations regarding labor and delivery in the obese gravida.
AB - Obesity is acknowledged as a growing threat to the well-being of the gravid patient, both during and after the preg nancy, and to the wellbeing of the offspring. The recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that more than a third of reproductive-aged women were obese, and 7.6% of those women were extremely obese (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) [1]. Obese women are more likely to have medical, surgical and obstetrics complications during labor and delivery, which include increased rates of induction of labor, dysfunctional labor patterns and higher rates of ce-sarean delivery [2]. In this chapter, we will focus on maternal considerations regarding labor and delivery in the obese gravida.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84956982236&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2217/EBO.13.519
DO - 10.2217/EBO.13.519
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AN - SCOPUS:84956982236
SN - 9781780843681
SP - 103
EP - 123
BT - Clinical Insights: Obesity & Pregnancy
PB - Future Medicine Ltd.
ER -
