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Massive maternal obesity and perioperative cesarean morbidity
Jordan H. Perlow,Mark A. Morgan +1 more
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No significant differences were observed between groups for maternal age, parity, use of prophylactic antibiotics, length of recovery room stay, or wound dehiscence.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 1994-02-01. It has received 276 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Perioperative.read more
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Obesity, obstetric complications and cesarean delivery rate--a population-based screening study.
Joshua L Weiss,Fergal D. Malone,Danielle Emig,Robert H. Ball,David A. Nyberg,Christine H. Comstock,George R. Saade,Keith Eddleman,Suzanne M. Carter,Sabrina D. Craigo,Stephen R. Carr,Mary E. D'Alton +11 more
TL;DR: Obesity is an independent risk factor for adverse obstetric outcome and is significantly associated with an increased cesarean delivery rate.
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Obesity and pregnancy: complications and cost
TL;DR: Preconception counseling, careful prenatal management, tight monitoring of weight gain, and long-term follow-up could minimize the social and economic consequences of pregnancies in overweight women.
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Pregnancy: A "Teachable Moment" for Weight Control and Obesity Prevention
TL;DR: Initial research suggests that helping women gain the recommended amount during pregnancy through healthy eating and physical activity could make a major contribution to the prevention of postpartum weight retention.
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Maternal obesity and risk of cesarean delivery: a meta-analysis.
Susan Y. Chu,Shin Y. Kim,Christopher H. Schmid,Patricia M. Dietz,William M. Callaghan,Joseph Lau,Kathryn M. Curtis +6 more
TL;DR: A meta‐analysis of the current literature to provide a quantitative estimate of the risk of cesarean delivery associated with high maternal body mass found no evidence that these estimates were affected by selected study characteristics.
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Discrepancy between Self-Reported and Actual Caloric Intake and Exercise in Obese Subjects
Steven W. Lichtman,Krystyna Pisarska,Ellen Raynes Berman,Michele Pestone,Hillary J. Dowling,Esther G. Offenbacher,Hope Weisel,Stanley Heshka,Dwight E. Matthews,Steven B. Heymsfield +9 more
TL;DR: The failure of some obese subjects to lose weight while eating a diet they report as low in calories is due to an energy intake substantially higher than reported and an overestimation of physical activity, not to an abnormality in thermogenesis.
Anthropometric reference data and prevalence of overweight, United States, 1976-80.
M F Najjar,M Rowland +1 more
Plan and operation of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976-1980.
TL;DR: The Center for Disease Control acted as laboratory consultants and performed a series of biochemical, hematological, and serological assessments on blood specimens of persons participating in the survey.
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Maternal body weight and pregnancy outcome.
TL;DR: Rises in the frequencies of older gravidas (ages 35-50 y), gravidas who had diabetes mellitus, children who had major congenital malformations, and dizygous twins made major contributions to the overall mortality increase.
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Maternal obesity and pregnancy
TL;DR: It is concluded that maternal obesity should be considered a high risk factor for gestational diabetes, hypertension, therapeutic induction, prolonged second stage of labor, oxytocin stimulation of Labor, shoulder dystocia and delivery after 42 weeks gestation.