Could maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index affect Apgar score?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-18

  Sekhavat, Leila ^a   Fallah, Razieh ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Newborn; Nulliparous women; Pre pregnancy BMI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NULLIPARA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINNESS;

EID: 84872292220     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2503-3     Document Type: Article

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