Obesity, obstetric complications and cesarean delivery rate - A population-based screening study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1091-1097

  Weiss, Joshua L ^a   Malone, Fergal D ^a   Emig, Danielle ^a   Ball, Robert H ^a   Nyberg, David A ^a   Comstock, Christine H ^a   Saade, George ^a   Eddleman, Keith ^a   Carter, Suzanne M ^a   Craigo, Sabrina D ^a   Carr, Stephen R ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2342438720     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.09.058     Document Type: Article

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