Risk of cesarean delivery among pregnant women with class III obesity

Autor: Philippe Deruelle, Yves Borghesi, Marie Pigeyre, Julien Labreuche, Alain Duhamel
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 136(2)
ISSN: 1879-3479
Popis: Objective To identify factors associated with cesarean delivery among women with class III obesity attempting vaginal delivery. Methods In a retrospective study, medical charts were reviewed for women aged 18 years or older with a singleton pregnancy of at least 37 weeks and a body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of 40 or higher who were eligible to attempt vaginal delivery at a maternity hospital in Lille, France, between 1999 and 2012. Results Among 345 eligible women, 301 (87.2%) attempted vaginal delivery; 211 (70.1%) were successful and 90 (29.9%) delivered by cesarean. The frequency of nulliparity was higher among those undergoing cesarean after a trial of labor (64 [71.1%]) than among those who delivered vaginally (57 [27.0%]; P
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