Pregnancy outcomes in super-obese women - An even bigger problem? a prospective cohort study

South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 54-59

  Nieuwoudt, M ^a   van der Merwe, J L ^a   Harvey, J ^b   Hall, D R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84906099000     PISSN: 00382329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAJOG.820     Document Type: Article

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