The effect of maternal obesity on the course of labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 651-655

  Verdiales, Maribelle ^a   Pacheco, Carlos ^a   Cohen, Wayne R ^a  

^a JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Dysfunctional labor; Labor; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949094564     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.110     Document Type: Article

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