Obesity and pregnancy: A transversal study from a low-risk maternity

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Calderon, Ana Carolina S ^a   Quintana, Silvana M ^a   Marcolin, Alessandra C ^a   Berezowski, Aderson T ^a   Brito, Luiz Gustavo O ^a   Duarte, Geraldo ^a   Cavalli, Ricardo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Induction of labour; Obesity; Perinatal care; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETAL BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; MECONIUM; NONSTRESS TEST; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW RISK PATIENT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; UTERUS CONTRACTION; AMNION FLUID; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; MECONIUM; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904770689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-249     Document Type: Article

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