title: SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity in pregnancy. No. 239, February 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the evidence and provide recommendations for the counselling and management of obese parturients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OUTCOMES evaluated include the impact of maternal obesity on the provision of antenatal and intrapartum care, maternal morbidity and mortality, and perinatal morbidity and mortality.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature was retrieved through searches of Statistics Canada, Medline, and The Cochrane Library on the impact of obesity in pregnancy on antepartum and intrapartum care, maternal morbidity and mortality, obstetrical anaesthesia, and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Results were restricted to systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials/controlled clinical trials, and observational studies. There were no date or language restrictions. Searches were updated on a regular basis and incorporated in the guideline to April 2009. Grey (unpublished) literature was identified through searching the websites of health technology assessment and health technology assessment-related agencies, clinical practice guideline collections, clinical trial registries, and national and international medical specialty societies.
  
  
  METHODS
  The evidence obtained was reviewed and evaluated by the Maternal Fetal Medicine and Clinical Practice Obstetric Committees of the SOGC under the leadership of the principal authors, and recommendations were made according to guidelines developed by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Implementation of the recommendations in this guideline should increase recognition of the issues clinicians need to be aware of when managing obese women in pregnancy, improve communication and consultation amongst the obstetrical care team, and encourage federal and provincial agencies to educate Canadians about the values of entering pregnancy with as healthy a weight as possible.
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authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Cynthia
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authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: Lynne
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authors.lastname: McLeod
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authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Melanie
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authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Hayley
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authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: Marie-France
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authors.lastname: Delisle
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authors.lastname: Farine
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authors.lastname: Hudon
authors.forename: Savas
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authors.lastname: Menticoglou
authors.forename: William
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authors.lastname: Mundle
authors.forename: Lynn
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authors.lastname: Murphy-Kaulbeck
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouellet
authors.forename: Tracy
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authors.lastname: Pressey
authors.forename: Anne
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authors.lastname: Roggensack
authors.forename: Dean
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authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: Charlotte
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authors.lastname: Ballerman
authors.forename: Anne
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authors.lastname: Biringer
authors.forename: Louise
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authors.lastname: Duperron
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Lily Shek-Yun
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Debra
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authors.lastname: Shepherd
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authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D016742:Preconception Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards*