Morbid obesity and intra-partum care
Morbid obesity and intra-partum care
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DOI:
10.1080/01443610802042548
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Esen, U. I.
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作者:
Ray, A.;Hildreth, A.;Esen, U. I.
Obesity is a major health problem in the developed world and is beginning to have an impact on pregnancy (CEPAACH 2004). We aimed to examine the differences in the intra-partum care of morbidly obese women compared with those of normal weight women. Intra-partum variables of labour monitoring as well as anaesthetic and neonatal variables were compared between 50 morbidly obese and 50 normal weight women. The morbidly obese group was observed to be significantly more prone to invasive fetal monitoring (27% vs 0%, p