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- Title
Obesity and pregnancy.
- Authors
Andreasen, Kirsten Riis; Andersen, Malene Lundgren; Schantz, Anne Louise
- Abstract
As obesity is an increasing problem among fertile women, it is crucial that specialists involved in the treatment of these women be aware of the risks of complications and know how to deal with them. Complications associated with obesity in pregnancy are gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertensive disorders, and thromboembolic complications. Complications associated with obesity in labor are augmentation, early amniotomy, cephalopelvic disproportion, cesarean section, and perioperative morbidity. Complications associated with obesity in children are macrosomia, shoulder dystocia, small for gestational age, late fetal death, and congenital malformations, especially neural tube defects.
- Publication
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2004, Vol 83, Issue 11, p1022
- ISSN
0001-6349
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00624.x