Pregnancy in the obese patient.
The authors considered the course of pregnancy, delivery and puerperium in 70 obese women (pre-pregnancy body mass index greater than 30) and some of the neonatal effects of obesity (weight and morbidity). The results have shown that pregnancy in obese woman presents a certain amount of risk which, however, seem inferior to what it has been believed to be so far. Moreover, the authors underline that in order to further reduce this risk it is necessary for the obese patient to be carefully counselled before pregnancy and controlled during the gestation.
Mancuso
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Department of Pathology, Universitá degli Studi di Messina, Italy.
D'Anna
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Leonardi
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001034:Apgar Score; D001835:Body Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third