Pregnancy Outcomes Among Obese Women and Their Offspring by Attempted Mode of Delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare maternal and neonatal morbidities among obese women and their offspring by attempted delivery approach.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 47,372 obese women at delivery (body mass index 30 or greater) eligible for vaginal delivery who were carrying singleton vertex fetuses at 37 weeks of gestation or greater. Prior cesarean delivery, congenital anomalies, and antepartum stillbirth were exclusion criteria. We analyzed outcomes by attempted delivery route and stratified by parity. The composite maternal outcome included intensive care admission, death, hemorrhage, transfusion, or thromboembolism. The neonatal composite included intensive care unit admission, death, seizure, ventilator use, birth injury, or asphyxia. Adjusted relative ris

SUBMITTER: Clark-Ganheart CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648353 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature