Linear association between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and risk of caesarean section in term deliveries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1173-1177

  Barau, G ^a   Robillard, P Y ^a   Hulsey, T C ^b   Dedecker, F ^c   Laffite, A ^a   Gerardin P ^a   Kauffmann, E ^a  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Sud Reunion   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Caesarean delivery; Dystocia; Obesity; Overweight; Pre pregnancy adiposity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; REUNION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748744433     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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