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PP.34 Impact of Maternal Obesity on Perinatal Outcome in IUGR – The Multicentre Prospective Porto Trial: Abstract PP.34 Table 1

Authors :
Elizabeth Tully
Fionnuala M. McAuliffe
Mairead Kennelly
Patrick Dicker
John J. Morrison
Keelin O'Donoghue
Alyson Hunter
Fergal D. Malone
Fiona Cody
G Burke
Julia Unterscheider
M Geary
Sean Daly
Source :
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 98:A91.2-A91
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
BMJ, 2013.

Abstract

Objective The objective of this analysis, as part of the multicentre prospective PORTO Trial, was to study the effect of increasing maternal BMI on perinatal outcome in IUGR pregnancies. Study design The PORTO Trial recruited 1,118 consecutive ultrasound-dated singleton IUGR pregnancies, defined as EFW Results Of the 1,076 recruited patients with complete records, 693 (64%) were of normal weight (BMI Conclusion Maternal obesity has a significant adverse impact on pregnancy outcomes with increased risk of Caesarean delivery, coupled with an increased perinatal morbidity and NICU admission rate.

Details

ISSN :
14682052 and 13592998
Volume :
98
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........76b7bea3622a57f04bd157669890bd2a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-303966.314