Obesity in Pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Davies, Gregory A L ^a   Maxwell, Cynthia ^a   McLeod, Lynne ^a   Gagnon, Robert ^a   Basso, Melanie ^a   Bos, Hayley ^a   Delisle, Marie France ^a   Farine, Dan ^a   Hudon, Lynda ^a   Menticoglou, Savas ^a   Mundle, William ^a   Murphy Kaulbeck, Lynn ^b   Ouellet, Annie ^a   Pressey, Tracy ^a   Roggensack, Anne ^a   Leduc, Dean ^a   Ballerman, Charlotte ^a   Biringer, Anne ^a   Duperron, Louise ^a   Jones, Donna ^a   Shek Yun Lee, Lily ^a   Shepherd, Debra ^a   Wilson, Kathleen ^c   more..

^a NONE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Caesarean section; Decision to delivery interval; Obesity; Obstetric anaesthesia; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COUNSELING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTERINE ACTIVITY MONITORING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77951899619     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34432-2     Document Type: Article

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