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Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Jun;188(6):1516-20; discussion 1520-2. Related Articles, Links
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Vaginal birth after cesarean section versus elective repeat cesarean delivery: Weight-based outcomes.

Carroll CS Sr, Magann EF, Chauhan SP, Klauser CK, Morrison JC.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.

OBJECTIVE: The study was undertaken to compare infectious morbidity and trial of labor (TOL) success stratified by weight in women. STUDY DESIGN: Vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) candidates were divided into groups based on prepregnancy weight: group I, 70 (<200 pounds); group II, 70 (200-300 pounds); and group III, 69 (>300 pounds). RESULTS: The TOL success rate was 81.8% in group I compared with 57.1% in group II and 13.3% in group III (P =.001). The overall infectious morbidity was significantly greater in the obese women 39% (P =.001) compared with the average women at 11.4% and the lean women at 5.7%. CONCLUSION: Infectious morbidity is increased and VBAC success is reduced in patients who weigh more than 300 pounds.

PMID: 12824987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
2: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2003 May;21(5):473-9. Related Articles, Links
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Transrectal scanning: an alternative when transvaginal scanning is not feasible.

Timor-Tritsch IE, Monteagudo A, Rebarber A, Goldstein SR, Tsymbal T.

Division of Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA. Ilan.Timor@med.nyu.edu

OBJECTIVE: In scanning the female pelvis the clear images of transvaginal sonography (TVS) result from placing the transducer close to the region of interest. The advantages of TVS over transabdominal sonography (TAS) and transperineal sonography are well documented. Transrectal scanning is proposed mostly for ultrasound guidance in draining a pelvic abscess. Our aim was to investigate the applicability of transrectal scanning (TRS) for cases in which TVS is impossible. METHODS: Forty-two patients with an absolute or a relative contraindication to TVS were scanned transabdominally and transrectally. The TRS was performed using a transvaginal probe, which was lubricated and slowly advanced into the rectum. The technique used was similar to that of TVS. Images were compared for resolution and quality. RESULTS: All scans were completed without significant patient discomfort or complaints. TRS was clearly superior to TAS in 31 cases. In nine cases TAS furnished some clinical information but TRS yielded better images. Only in one such case was TAS similar in quality to TRS. In four obese patients TAS did not reveal sufficient pelvic anatomy to generate a clinical diagnosis, whereas TRS revealed two sets of normal ovaries and two patients with ovarian cysts. In the two cases with vaginal agenesis TRS revealed the diagnosis of Rokitansky-Kuster syndrome. In three of the four patients with ruptured membranes the cervix could be measured precisely. CONCLUSION: Transrectal scanning should be used liberally after proper patient selection and counseling. The images obtained are superior to TAS and comparable to those obtained by TVS. Copyright 2003 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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3: Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Nov;100(5 Pt 1):959-64. Related Articles, Links
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Obesity as an independent risk factor for infectious morbidity in patients who undergo cesarean delivery.

Myles TD, Gooch J, Santolaya J.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas, USA. mylesth@slucare1.sluh.edu

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate obesity (body mass index greater than 30.0) as an independent risk factor for infectious morbidity in women having elective or nonelective cesarean deliveries. METHODS: Charts of 611 patients undergoing cesarean were reviewed. After exclusion of those with pre-existing chorioamnionitis, 574 cases were separated into two groups (elective or nonelective cesarean) and then subdivided based on the presence or not of postdelivery infectious morbidity. Estimated blood loss, operative time, number of vaginal examinations, labor length, use of internal monitors, body mass index (BMI), and obesity (BMI greater than 30.0) were then recorded. Student t test, chi(2), multivariate analysis, and receiver operating characteristics curves were used where appropriate (significance: P <.05). RESULTS: The mean gestational age at delivery was 38.3 weeks. Three hundred sixty patients had nonelective cesareans, and 214 had elective cesareans. Prophylactic antibiotics were used for 86.6% of the nonelective group and 75.2% of the elective group. In the nonelective group and after multivariate analysis, significant risk factors for postoperative infections were as follows: labor length (18.4 hours versus 10.9, P <.003), number of vaginal examinations (6.1 versus 4.5, P <.001), BMI (36.6 versus 32.3, P <.001), and obesity (81.8% versus 57.3%, P <.001). For the elective group, a higher BMI (38.9 versus 32.2, P <.003), and black race (63.2% versus 11.5%, P <.001) were found to be significant. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that obesity is a independent risk factor for postcesarean infectious morbidity and endomyometritis, even if the cesarean is elective and prophylactic antibiotics are given.

PMID: 12423861 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
4: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Aug;187(2):305-10; idscussion 310-1. Related Articles, Links
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Necrotizing fasciitis in gynecologic and obstetric patients: a surgical emergency.

Gallup DG, Freedman MA, Meguiar RV, Freedman SN, Nolan TE.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Georgia, USA.

OBJECTIVE: We reviewed the cases of 23 patients who were admitted to the hospital with a primary diagnosis of histopathologically confirmed necrotizing fasciitis in the lower abdomen or pelvis. Rapid demise of a healthy postpartum women piqued our interest in trying to identify the early signs and symptoms that may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of this often fatal disease. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of charts of all patients who were admitted to the gynecology and obstetrics services of our hospital systems with a diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis for the past 14 years was performed. Age, comorbid factors, precipitating events, weight, symptoms and signs, microbiologic factors, radiographs, surgical therapy, and morbidity were correlated. RESULTS: Definitive operation was accomplished within 48 hours of the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis in all but 3 patients. Of the 17 patients who were not puerperal, 88% of the women were obese; 65% of the women were hypertensive, and 47% of the women were diabetic. Of the total 23 patients, 70% of the women complained of severe pain, and 35% of the women had radiographic diagnostics for necrotizing fasciitis ("gas"). Four patients had diverting colostomies, and 39% of the patients had flaps or synthetic grafts. Three patients died (mortality rate, 13%). One patient who was puerperal died of a severe rapid septicemia; the 2 late deaths were the result of systemic candidiasis. CONCLUSION: Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, often lethal, infectious disease process that requires early aggressive debridement. Any patient with inordinate pain and unilateral edema in the pelvis, especially in the puerperium, should be suspected of having this disease. Radiographic studies are often diagnostic of this condition. The triad of pelvic pain, edema, and any sign of septicemia carries an extremely grave prognosis and mandates immediate surgical intervention.

PMID: 12193917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
5: J Reprod Med. 2002 Jul;47(7):559-63. Related Articles, Links

Relationship of urodynamic parameters and obesity in women with stress urinary incontinence.

Bai SW, Kang JY, Rha KH, Lee MS, Kim JY, Park KH.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 134, Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea 120-752. swbai@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

OBJECTIVE: To identify the relationship of obesity and stress urinary incontinence and of obesity and urodynamic parameters in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). STUDY DESIGN: The study included 98 women who were clinically diagnosed as having stress urinary incontinence and 102 women, the control group, who had no stress urinary incontinence. We compared body mass index (BMI) as a parameter of obesity between the two groups. BMI was defined as weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in square meters). All patients with SUI underwent urodynamic tests, and we determined the relationship between BMI and urodynamic parameters by using the Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS: There was no difference in age between the two groups. However, BMI was significantly higher in women with SUI than in the control group. There were more vaginal deliveries and higher parity in women with SUI than in the control group. BMI was significantly higher in women with SUI than in the control group only in the younger group, while parity and number of vaginal deliveries were higher in the SUI group than control group among all age groups. The coefficient of multiple logistic regression between obesity and SUI was .131 (r = .131). There was no relationship between BMI and urodynamic parameters among patients with SUI. The average intraabdominal pressure was significantly increased in the obese group over that in the nonobese group. Correlation between BMI and intraabdominal pressure showed a close relationship. CONCLUSION: BMI was higher in the SUI group than control group. Obesity may be an important etiologic factor in SUI but did not influence urodynamic parameters, and there was no relationship between BMI and urodynamic parameters.

PMID: 12170533 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
6: Semin Perinatol. 2002 Feb;26(1):42-50. Related Articles, Links

Maternal medical disease: risk of antepartum fetal death.

Simpson LL.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY 10032, USA. ls731@columbia.edu

Although certain maternal medical conditions increase the risk of antepartum fetal death, improvements in medical and obstetric care have decreased the likelihood of stillbirth. This article examines the current stillbirth rates reported in pregnancies complicated by common medical diseases. The reported stillbirth rates are expressed as the number of stillbirths occurring at > or = 20 weeks of gestation per 1,000 births in patients with the condition. Overall, about 10% of all fetal deaths are related to maternal medical illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic renal disease, thyroid disorders, and cholestasis of pregnancy. The early recognition of maternal medical diseases provides an opportunity for increased surveillance and interventions that may lead to more favorable pregnancy outcomes.

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PMID: 11876567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
7: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Jul;185(1):240-1. Related Articles, Links
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Influence of maternal and fetal glucokinase mutations in gestational diabetes.

Spyer G, Hattersley AT, Sykes JE, Sturley RH, MacLeod KM.

Department of Diabetes and Vascular Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK.

We report 2 insulin-treated pregnancies in a mother with hyperglycemia resulting from a glucokinase gene mutation. The inheritance of a glucokinase mutation in 1 child reduced his intrauterine growth (birth weight less than first percentile) by reducing fetal insulin secretion. We discuss the implications for obstetric management of patients with glucokinase mutations.

PMID: 11483936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
8: Obes Surg. 2001 Feb;11(1):59-65. Related Articles, Links
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Pregnancy after Lap-Band surgery: management of the band to achieve healthy weight outcomes.

Dixon JB, Dixon ME, O'Brien PE.

Monash University Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. john.dixon@med.monash.edu.au

BACKGROUND: Severely obese women have higher obstetric risks and poorer neonatal outcomes. Weight loss reduces obstetric risk. The introduction of a laparoscopically-placed adjustable gastric band, a safe and effective method of weight loss, has given us the ability and responsibility to adjust the band in relation to pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to devise a safe management plan to achieve healthy maternal weight gain (Institute of Medicine 1990) during pregnancy. METHODS: In a cohort group of 650 patients to have a Lap-Band placement for severe obesity, we have reviewed the management of the band and pregnancy outcomes of all women (n=20) to complete a pregnancy (n=22) with a band in-situ. RESULTS: All 22 pregnancies were singleton, with no primary caesarean sections (3 for recurring indications). The mean maternal weight gain was 8.3 kg compared with 15.2 kg for the 15 previous pregnancies of women in this group (p<0.05). There was no difference in birth weights. Obstetric complications were minimal, and there were no premature or low birth weight infants. 11 of 15 subjects with active management of the band achieved a maternal weight gain within the advised range compared with only 2 of 7 prior to this. CONCLUSION: The ability to adjust gastric restriction allows optimal control of maternal weight change in pregnancy and should help avoid the risks of excessive weight change.

PMID: 11361170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
9: Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi. 2001 Jan;36(1):36-9. Related Articles, Links

[Effect of growth hormone on the outcome of ovulation induction in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome]

[Article in Chinese]

Wang Y, Li M, Yang C.

Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of growth hormone (GH) on the outcome of ovulation induction in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS: We examined serum sex hormone, GH and insulin like growth factor-II (IGF-II) basal levels by radioimmunoassay in 130 PCOS patients and 107 normal women. In addition, we observed the effect of GH on the outcome of ovulation induction in 7 poor responders to human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) treatment. RESULTS: The mean serum GH level is (2.50 +/- 1.33) micrograms/L and (1.04 +/- 0.47) micrograms/L respectively in nonobese and obese PCOS patients which were significantly lower than those in controls [(5.30 +/- 2.26) micrograms/L, (2.95 +/- 1.49) micrograms/L respectively, P < 0.05]. The mean serum IGF-II level is (136 +/- 27) nmol/L in the obese PCOS patients, significantly greater than those in nonobese PCOS and controls (P < 0.05). When we used GH with hMG in 7 poor responders, the total amount of hMG required decreased from 1 to 12 amples and the duration of treatment shortened as compared with hMG alone. CONCLUSION: There is abnormal GH secretion in patients with PCOS, GH may improve the outcome of ovulation induction by gonadotropin.

PMID: 11778543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
10: J Matern Fetal Med. 2000 Jul-Aug;9(4):238-41. Related Articles, Links

Obesity-related complications of pregnancy vary by race.

Steinfeld JD, Valentine S, Lerer T, Ingardia CJ, Wax JR, Curry SL.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA. jsteinfe@lij.edu

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate racial effects on obstetric complications in obese gravidas. METHODS: The obstetric database was reviewed for the period 6/1/94 to 3/31/97. All clinic patients delivering singletons were included. Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 29 kg/m2 or more, or a pre-pregnancy weight of 200 pounds or more. Complications studied included hypertension, diabetes, cesarean delivery, and fetal macrosomia. RESULTS: Of 2,424 eligible subjects, 168 were obese (6.9%). Obese patients had higher rates of chronic hypertension and pregestational diabetes, as well as increased rates of preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, fetal macrosomia, cesarean delivery, and operative vaginal delivery compared to nonobese patients. Of the obese patients, 105 (63%) were Hispanic, 39 (23%) were African American, and 24 (14%) were White; no Asian or Mixed/Other patients were obese. Mean BMIs of the obese subgroups did not differ (P = 0.14), but prepregnancy weights were greater in Whites than Hispanics (P < 0.002). Obese Hispanics had an increased rate of gestational diabetes (P = 0.04) and of infant weight > or =4,500 g (P =.03). Obese Hispanic and African American women were more likely than obese Whites to deliver by cesarean (P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Racial differences affect the complication rates in obese gravidas, and may influence prenatal counseling and pregnancy management.

PMID: 11048836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
11: South Med J. 2000 Jul;93(7):686-91. Related Articles, Links

Increasing maternal weight: a risk factor for preeclampsia/eclampsia but apparently not for HELLP syndrome.

Martin JN Jr, May WL, Rinehart BK, Martin RW, Magann EF.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.

BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity is a risk factor for severe preeclampsia. We sought to ascertain whether a similar relationship exists between maternal weight and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) as an atypical form of severe preeclampsia. METHODS: In this retrospective investigation, 434 patients with HELLP syndrome were assigned to one of four study groups according to maternal weight and were analyzed in relation to selected maternal and perinatal data reflective of disease severity. RESULTS: We found no significant associations between maternal weight and parameters of HELLP syndrome severity, race, delivery mode, gestational age, or perinatal outcome. Significantly associated with increasing maternal weight were maternal age, parity, admission mean arterial pressure, peak peripartum systolic blood pressures, concurrent essential hypertension, and the interval between admission and delivery. Inversely associated were eclampsia and the interval between delivery and discharge. CONCLUSIONS: Severity and complications attendant with HELLP syndrome appear unrelated to maternal weight. Paradoxically, eclampsia occurs most commonly in the lighter gravida with HELLP syndrome.

PMID: 10923957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
12: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Jun;182(6):1620-3. Related Articles, Links
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Benefits associated with harmonic tissue imaging in the obstetric patient.

Treadwell MC, Seubert DE, Zador I, Goyert GL, Wolfe HM.

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. mtread@med.wayne.edu

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the impact of harmonic tissue imaging on image resolution and visualization of fetal structures during obstetric ultrasonography. STUDY DESIGN: Patients with singleton second- or third-trimester fetuses were recruited. Prospective comparisons of conventional fundamental imaging and harmonic tissue imaging were made. Visualization rates and frequencies of improvement in resolution were calculated. Discriminate function analysis evaluated determinants of improved visualization. RESULTS: Harmonic tissue imaging improved resolution of at least one fetal structure in 51.4% of patients studied. Differences were most marked for 4-chamber views of the heart with improvement in resolution in 30.5% of patients and change in ability to visualize in 9.5%. Maternal weight and gestational age had a significant influence on whether improvements were noted with harmonic tissue imaging, accounting for 27% of the variance. CONCLUSIONS: Harmonic tissue imaging offers significant improvements over fundamental imaging in image resolution and structure visualization in obese patients during the second trimester of pregnancy.

PMID: 10871487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
13: Minerva Anestesiol. 2000 May;66(5):417-23. Related Articles, Links

[Remifentanil in anesthesia and intensive care]

[Article in Italian]

Mastronardi P, Cafiero T, De Cillis P.

Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Anestesiologiche e dell'Emergenza, Universita degli Studi Federico II, Napoli.

Remifentanil (R) is a novel short-acting mu-receptor opioid. R is in the same structural family as fentanyl and the other phenylpiperidines, but it differs from fentanyl because of its pharmacokinetic profile and its metabolism: R undergoes extrahepatic metabolism by blood and tissue nonspecific esterases. For these reasons the time required for decreases of any percentage plasmatic concentrations of R after termination of the infusion is independent of infusion duration. The pharmacokinetic profile of R is organ-independent and the dosing regimen must be regulated in elderly patients by reducing the bolus and infusion doses, and in obese subjects by calculating the intravenous dosages as a function of age and lean body mass. The placental transfer of R doesn't affect the newborn as recently described in literature but further and wider clinical experiences are needed for assessing the use of R in obstetric anesthesia. R causes either a reduction in the MAC of volatile anesthetics or a decrease in propofol requirements but it cannot be used as a sole anesthetic agent. R can be utilized to facilitate tracheal intubation without using muscle relaxants, to manage analgesia and sedation also in association with midazolam and/or propofol, furthermore as analgesic agent for monitored anesthesia care, for the critical patient in ICU and for the postoperative analgesia if a proper analgesic strategy had not been planned.

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PMID: 10965728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
14: Isr Med Assoc J. 2000 Jan;2(1):10-3. Related Articles, Links

Maternal obesity and pregnancy outcome.

Michlin R, Oettinger M, Odeh M, Khoury S, Ophir E, Barak M, Wolfson M, Strulov A.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel. meting@naharia.health.gov.il

BACKGROUND: Obesity, a common condition in developed countries, is recognized as a threat to health. OBJECTIVES: To describe the distribution of weight in pregnant women and evaluate the influence of obesity on pregnancy outcome in a high parity northern Israeli population. METHODS: The study included 887 women who gave birth in the Western Galilee Medical Center during the period August to November 1995. The patients were classified as underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese according to body mass index. Maternal demographic, obstetric, and perinatal variables were compared. A control group of 167 normal weight women were matched with the obese group for maternal age, parity, and gestational age. RESULTS: Obese mothers had a higher incidence of gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension compared to normal weight mothers (5.4% vs. 1.8%, and 7.2% vs. 0.6% respectively, P < 0.01), a higher rate of labor induction (20.4% vs. 10.2%, P < 0.01), and a higher cesarean section rate (19.6% vs. 10.8%, P < 0.05). There was also a significant difference in the prevalence of macrosomia in the offspring (16.8% vs. 8.4%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Obese pregnant women are at high risk for complications during delivery and therefore need careful pre-conception and prenatal counseling, as well as perinatal management.

PMID: 10892363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
15: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Sep;181(3):669-74. Related Articles, Links
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Perinatal outcome in grand and great-grand multiparity: effects of parity on obstetric risk factors.

Babinszki A, Kerenyi T, Torok O, Grazi V, Lapinski RH, Berkowitz RL.

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare obstetric and neonatal complications among great-grand multiparous, grand multiparous, and multiparous women. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred thirty-three great-grand multiparas, 314 grand multiparas, and 2195 multiparas who were delivered of their infants between 1988 and 1998 were selected for the study. To facilitate comparison, the patients were all >35 years old and had similar socioeconomic characteristics. RESULTS: The incidence of malpresentation at the time of delivery, maternal obesity, anemia, preterm delivery, and meconium-stained amniotic fluid increased with higher parity, whereas the rate of excessive weight gain and cesarean delivery decreased. Compared with grand multiparas, great-grand multiparas had significantly elevated risks for abnormal amounts of amniotic fluid, abruptio placentae, neonatal tachypnea, and malformations but lower rates of placenta previa (P <.05). The incidence of postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, placenta previa, macrosomia, postdate pregnancy, and low Apgar scores was significantly higher in grand multiparas than in multiparas, whereas the proportion of induction, forceps delivery, and total labor complications was significantly lower than in the multiparous group (P <.05). Similar frequency of maternal diabetes, infection, uterine wall scar rupture, variations in fetal heart rate, fetal death, and neonatal mortality was found in the 3 groups. CONCLUSION: Both high-parity groups have their own risk factors, but the rate of some complications decreases with higher parity. In addition, perinatal mortality remains low in these patients, and therefore, under satisfactory socioeconomic and health care conditions, high parity should not be considered dangerous.

PMID: 10486482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
16: Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 1999 Sep;26(3):445-58, viii. Related Articles, Links

Shoulder dystocia: an obstetric emergency.

Bennett BB.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.

Shoulder dystocia is one of the most dreaded complications of vaginal delivery encountered by the obstetrician. Although risk factors for shoulder dystocia exist, approximately 50% of cases do not demonstrate the classic predisposing signs. Obstetricians can help patients decrease their risk for fetal macrosomia by frequent attention to weight gain, nutrition, and exercise during pregnancy and by aggressive management of diabetes. All obstetricians must be familiar with the maneuvers used to effect delivery of impacted shoulders and must be prepared to institute these maneuvers immediately in a crisis situation.

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PMID: 10472064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
17: J Perinatol. 1999 Apr-May;19(3):216-9. Related Articles, Links

Obesity and related pregnancy complications in an inner-city clinic.

Bowers D, Cohen WR.

Department of OB/GYN, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.

OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to determine the prevalence of obesity and related pregnancy complications in an inner-city prenatal clinic. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review was conducted of the medical records of 281 women with no chronic diseases and who delivered singleton term babies during a 1-year period. The frequencies of various pregnancy complications, including pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, fourth degree laceration, intrauterine growth restriction, and macrosomia, were compared among groups of patients stratified by body mass index (BMI). RESULTS: Thirty-four percent of patients had a reported prepregnancy BMI of > 26 kg/m2. Fifty-two percent of patients were obese (BMI > 26 kg/m2) when they registered for prenatal care, and 82% of patients had a BMI > 26 kg/m2 at the time of delivery. The incidence of birth weights of > 4 kg was significantly higher in women with a registration BMI > 26 kg/m2 (p = 0.026). Most of these macrosomic babies had mothers with a BMI > 29 kg/m2. Patients who required cesarean delivery had significantly higher BMI than those who were delivered vaginally (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Obesity was more common in our inner-city population than has previously been reported and was associated with an increased risk of fetal macrosomia and operative delivery.

PMID: 10685225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
18: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1998 May;61(2):165-70. Related Articles, Links
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Simplified abdominal wall-lifting device for gasless laparoscopy.

Tintara H, Leetanaporn R, Getpook C, Suntharasaj T.

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a simplified abdominal wall-lifting device for gasless laparoscopy. METHODS: The device is composed of an electric-power actuator, sliding arm and abdominal wall-retractor. All parts of the device are reusable. The device provides planar displacement of the anterior abdominal wall to enable space for laparoscopy. The valveless ports and conventional instruments, as well as laparoscopic instruments, were used without a gas leak problem. RESULTS: After preliminary success in the laboratory testing, a petition was made to the hospital's Ethic Committee. Since then we have performed 40 gasless laparoscopic procedures including 13 salpingo-oophorectomies, 10 diagnostic laparoscopies, five tubal ligations, five ovarian cystectomies, four salpingectomies, two removals of pelvic IUDs and one laparoscopic hysterectomy. There were no surgical complications, including no abdominal wall trauma. The operative field was almost the same as that of the pneumoperitoneum technique, with the exception of morbidly obese patients. CONCLUSIONS: This preliminary experience demonstrates the efficiency of the simplified abdominal wall-lifting device and the potential advantages of gasless laparoscopy. Continued modifications and applications are necessary to delineate the full range of benefits of this device and technique, especially in developing countries.

PMID: 9639221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
19: Anaesth Intensive Care. 1998 Feb;26(1):70-7. Related Articles, Links

Anti-aspiration prophylaxis in New Zealand: a national survey.

Kluger MT, Willemsen G.

Department of Anaesthesia, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.

A postal questionnaire was sent on two occasions to specialist anaesthetists within New Zealand. Questions were related to fasting status, anti-aspiration prophylaxis, incidence of aspiration, definition of high risk groups for aspiration pneumonitis, and identification of departmental guidelines. Two-hundred-and-twenty-three replies were received (72% response rate). Most adults, children and infants were fasted for 6 hours for solids, whilst the majority fasted for 2 to 4 hours for liquids. Two-thirds indicated that they would delay emergency surgery (not life/limb threatening) to optimize gastric emptying. Histamine type 2 receptor antagonists, metoclopramide and cricoid pressure were used commonly, more so in the obstetric population compared to non-obstetric surgery. Preinduction nasogastric intubation and suction were used infrequently. Anti-aspiration prophylaxis was deemed important in morbidly obese patients, those in the third trimester of pregnancy and those with a hiatus hernia, whilst diabetes mellitus, sepsis and renal failure were not considered risk factors for aspiration pneumonitis. 71% of respondents had at least one episode of aspiration (range 0-10), with an overall mortality rate of 5%. Half of these cases of aspiration were deemed to be preventable by the respondent.

PMID: 9513672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
20: Med Law. 1998;17(1):61-8. Related Articles, Links

Maternal weight and fetal injury at birth: data deriving from medico-legal research.

Sama JC, Iffy L.

Institute of Forensic Medicine Novi Sad.

The relationships among maternal weight, gestational weight gain, fetal birth weight and birth injuries have been investigated in connection with 62 cases of shoulder dystocia that involved permanent impairment of the newborn or neonatal demise. A high prevalence of > 13.5 kgs. gestational weight increase between the first and last office visits (62%) obesity expressed as > or = 87 kg. body weight at term (64.1%) and > or = 4000 gm. birth weight (80%) was found in this group of patients. The results indicate that the relationship between excessive maternal and fetal body weights and shoulder dystocia related fetal or neonatal impairment is closer than previous studies have suggested. These results underline the importance of appropriate and intensive nutritional counselling of the mother throughout pregnancy, noting that arrest of the shoulders is only one of those obstetric complications that are closely related to maternal obesity. The findings underline the usefulness of medico-legal reviews in clinical research.

PMID: 9646593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
21: Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl. 1997;111:163-5. Related Articles, Links

Anaesthetic management of high-risk obstetric patients.

Schneider MC.

Department of Anaesthesia, Kantonsspital Basel/University Women's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 9420997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
22: J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1997;26(3):288-92. Related Articles, Links

[Delivery of the overweight woman. Analysis of 115 patients]

[Article in French]

Giacalone PL, Dayrolle S, Boulot P, Hedon B, Laffargue F.

Services de Gynecologie et Obstetrique, Hopital A. de Villeneuve, Montpellier.

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess the effect of weight gain during pregnancy on labor and delivery. Abnormal pregnancies were excluded from the study to avoid interaction with the management of labor. POPULATION AND METHODS: A retrospective monocentric case-control study was carried out. We analysed 115 pregnancies delivered in our institution between June 1994 and November 1994. The course of labor was studied in 2 groups of patients: a group of overweight patients and a control group. RESULTS: In the overweight patients, the frequency of induction of labor (25%) and of obstetrical analgesia (82%) was significantly higher than in the control group (respectively 7% and 64%), as well as the average duration of labour and the average duration of the rupture of the membranes. The rate of cesarean section was higher in the overweight patient group (16.7%) than in the control group (3.7%). The difference was not significant because of the small number of patients. CONCLUSION: These results show a more frequent requirement of induction of labour, analgesia, and cesarean section in overweight patients. This led us to propose a multidisciplinary management of overweight patients to minimize these different obstetrical risks during labor.

PMID: 9265051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
23: Anaesthesia. 1996 Dec;51(12):1144-8. Related Articles, Links

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Sciatic nerve palsy following childbirth.

Silva M, Mallinson C, Reynolds F.

Department of Neurology, St Thomas' Hospital, London.

Two cases are reported of sciatic nerve palsy after delivery by Caesarean section in primigravidae. One mother was slender and had an emergency Caesarean section for failure to progress with a breech presentation. Epidural analgesia during labour was extended for operative delivery. The other mother was obese, mildly hypertensive, had a large baby with a high head and was delivered by elective Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia. She experienced severe intrapartum hypotension. Both patients suffered right sided sciatic nerve palsy. The aetiologies of obstetric palsies and those following regional block are reviewed and the importance of careful diagnosis and of avoiding peripheral nerve compression during regional block are emphasised.

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  • Review, Tutorial


PMID: 9038451 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
24: South Med J. 1996 Dec;89(12):1188-92. Related Articles, Links

Effect of pregnancy on maternal oxygen saturation values: use of reflectance pulse oximetry during pregnancy.

Van Hook JW, Harvey CJ, Anderson GD.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 77555-0587, USA.

Our objective was to evaluate the usefulness of pulse oximetry monitoring in a large population of pregnant patients. We designed our study to measure pulse oximetry saturation in a cross section of 952 obstetric inpatients and outpatients. A group of 366 patients identified as normal were compared with abnormal subgroups. A subgroup of 64 patients with saturation measurements less than 96% were further evaluated. Our results indicated that oxygen saturation values did not change appreciably during the course of pregnancy in normal patients. Hypoxemia (saturation measurement less than 96%) was associated with smoking, and hypoxemia with preterm labor occurred more frequently in patients who smoked. Obesity and magnesium sulfate use appeared to be synergistic in the presence of hypoxemia. We concluded that the routine use of pulse oximetry during pregnancy may not be justified. Smoking, obesity, and magnesium sulfate use have some effect on oximetry in pregnant patients.

PMID: 8969354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
25: Dis Colon Rectum. 1996 Oct;39(10):1164-70. Related Articles, Links

Audit of sphincter repair. Factors associated with poor outcome.

Nikiteas N, Korsgen S, Kumar D, Keighley MR.

University Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

PURPOSE: This study was designed to critically analyze the outcome of sphincter repair and, if possible, to identify high-risk factors. METHODS: Clinical and physiologic assessment was made of all sphincter repairs (42 patients) performed in one unit by two surgeons during five years. RESULTS: Forty-two patients (10 men, 32 women) underwent sphincter repair. Only three of five men with anterior defects of the anorectum from perineal trauma were rendered continent. Only three of five men with defects from fistula operations became continent, but one improved by later graciloplasty. All six women with fistula-related injuries eventually achieved continence, but two required repeat sphincter repairs because of early breakdown from sepsis. The worst results were in 26 women with third-degree obstetric injuries, of whom 11 remain incontinent; poor results in this group were associated with gross perineal descent, obesity, and age older than 50 years; two or more of these factors indicated a poor outcome. Preoperative anorectal physiology did not identify a poor-risk group. CONCLUSIONS: Poor results were identified in women with anterior defects from obstetric trauma, especially if they were obese, older than 50 years of age, and had perineal descent.

PMID: 8831535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
26: Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1996 May;20(5):445-9. Related Articles, Links

Neonatal outcome and obstetric complications in women with gestational diabetes: effects of maternal body mass index.

Di Cianni G, Benzi L, Bottone P, Volpe L, Orsini P, Murru S, Casadidio I, Clemente F, Navalesi R.

Department of Metabolic Disease, Institute of Clinical Medicine II, University of Pisa, Italy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate in a selected population the clinical characteristics (time of diagnosis, different treatment, metabolic parameters, etc.) of gestational diabetes in relation to prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and the influence of BMI on neonatal outcome. DESIGN: This study was retrospectively led using a computerized data system for all deliveries that occurred at the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Pisa (Italy) from 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1992. SUBJECTS: 93 women with GDM and 110 control subjects divided into three groups according to their pre-pregnancy BMI: normal weight (Nw), overweight (Ow) and obese (Ob). MEASUREMENTS: Time of diagnosis, mode of treatment and metabolic control of GDM; time and mode of delivery, neonatal outcome (macrosomia, respiratory distress syndrome, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycemia, polycythemia, hypocalcemia). RESULTS: GDM was diagnosed earlier in Ow and Ob than in Nw (p < 0.01) and insulin treatment was used in 86% of Ob-GDM, 91% of Ow-GDM and in 77% of Nw-GDM women (p < 0.001). Preterm deliveries and cesarean sections resulted significantly increased in all BMI categories of GDM patients with respect to matched normal controls. Prevalence of neonatal macrosomia was higher in GDM patients (44.6%) compared with normal controls (15.4%) and correlated (p > 0.01) with prepregnancy BMI in both groups. The body weight increase during pregnancy was not associated with neonatal macrosomia. CONCLUSIONS: The degree of overweight is associated with an earlier diagnosis of GDM; prepregnancy BMI is more predictive of macrosomia than weight gain, both in control and GDM women; GDM seems to play the most important role in increasing the possibility of the occurrence of macrosomia.

PMID: 8696423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
27: J Belge Radiol. 1995 Jun;78(3):186-9. Related Articles, Links

Abdominal pain in the postpartum: role of imaging.

Van Hoe L, Gryspeerdt S, Amant F, Marchal G, Baert AL, Spitz B.

Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.

The post-delivery evaluation of the obstetric patient presenting with severe abdominal pain can be a challenge to the obstetrician, the internist, and the radiologist. Besides non-pregnancy-related causes of abdominal pain, several pregnancy-related complications should be included in the list of differential diagnoses. Based on pathogenesis, these conditions can be divided in four categories: thromboembolic disease, infectious complications, mechanical complications, and complications of preeclampsia. Most disease processes can be adequately visualized with sonography. CT can be indicated for the evaluation of the extent of ovarian vein thrombosis and for depiction of deep abdominal collections in obese patients or in cases of abundant overlying abdominal gas. MRI can be useful to provide the specific diagnosis of hemorrhagic liver infarction in the clinical setting of a HELLP syndrome.

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  • Review
  • Review, Tutorial


PMID: 7592284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
28: J Clin Anesth. 1995 Feb;7(1):1-4. Related Articles, Links

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Parturient's posture during epidural puncture affects the distance from skin to epidural space.

Hamza J, Smida M, Benhamou D, Cohen SE.

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hopital Antoine Beclere, Clamart, France.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the factors affecting the distance from skin to epidural space. DESIGN: Prospective observational study of consecutive cases over a 2-year period. SETTING: Inpatient obstetric unit in a French university hospital. PATIENTS: 2,123 consecutive term parturients who received epidural anesthesia for cesarean section or epidural analgesia for labor and vaginal delivery. INTERVENTIONS: At the time of epidural puncture, the interspace used and the patient's posture (sitting or left lateral decubitus) were recorded, and the distance from the skin to the epidural space (DS-ES) was measured to the nearest 0.5 cm using a marked epidural needle. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The relationship between patient factors [height, weight, body mass index (BMI; weight/height2), presence of scoliosis] and technical factors (interspace, patient's posture at puncture) versus DS-ES was investigated using multiple regression analysis. DS-ES correlated positively with the parturient's weight and BMI. In addition, DS-ES was significantly greater when epidural puncture was performed in the lateral position as compared with the sitting position. CONCLUSION: Both the patient's weight and position during epidural needle placement are important factors influencing DS-ES. A change from the sitting to the lateral position may increase DS-ES, causing catheter dislodgment and consequent inadequate analgesia. Clinical studies relating DS-ES to inadequate analgesia must take these factors into account.

PMID: 7772351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
29: Rev Chil Obstet Ginecol. 1995;60(3):151-67. Related Articles, Links

[Influence of body weight in pregnancy and the perinatal results]

[Article in Spanish]

Robinovich J T, Rubio E L, Saez J C, Ramirez M I.

Servicio y Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia Hospital San Borja-Arriaran, Universidad de Chile.

Between 1988-1922, data of the nutritional status of pregnant women seen in the Santiago Metropolitan Health Service were analyzed. Underweight (22.2%), normal weight (47.2%), overweight (19.7%) and Obese (15.4%). Four thousand five hundred fifty five pregnant women were studied. Underweight 1136, normal weight 1219, overweight 1100 and obese 1100. Underweight was significantly more frequent in the patients less than 20 years old while overweight and obese was significantly more frequent in the patients over 30 years old. Hypertension (2.6%) was the only significant morbidity factor in the obese group. The overweight and obese groups had earlier menarche, while the obese group had shorter periods. The obese group were associated most frequently with higher parity (75.1%), stillbirth (4.6%), spontaneous abortion (19.5%), induced abortion (3.1%) and high obstetric risk (33.2%). In the normogram used, the underweight patients are abnormally represented at the start of pregnancy. The obese group gained less weight proportionally during pregnancy (overweight and obese 42.8%, underweight and normal 34.7%). The obese group presented more frequently with hypertension (20.4%) and diabetes (0.7%), while the obstetric complications occurred more frequently in the underweight (6.3%). The underwent group had more anemia (45.4%) and premature labor (12.3%). Cesarean section was performed more frequently in the obese group (33.1% versus 21.3% of all the other groups combined. The neonatal birthweight was in direct proportion to the maternal weight, measured by various methods. It is worth noting the importance of microelements in the milk ingestion of the pregnant patients and the influence on their weight.

PMID: 8728743 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
30: Cancer Nurs. 1994 Aug;17(4):326-33. Related Articles, Links

Nutritional risk factors and breast cancer in Jewish and Arab women.

Henquin N, Trostler N, Horn Y.

Department of Oncology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.

Based on a lower reported incidence of breast cancer in the Arab population in Israel, nutritional levels were evaluated in a case-control study of 33 Jewish and 10 Arab patients with breast cancer all matched with a first-degree family-related control. Demographic, gynecologic, obstetric, anthropometric, genetically tumor-related, and nutritional data were ascertained through interviews, tests, and questionnaires. Food consumption, calories, protein, fat, and fiber intake, and anthropomorphic measures were calculated. The following results were obtained: 1. Calories of food consumption were significantly higher in Jewish and Arab patients than in their controls. 2. Jewish patients consumed significantly higher levels of monounsaturated fat; Arab patients consumed significantly higher levels of dietary fiber. 3. Animal protein intake was elevated in patients of both ethnic origins as compared with controls. 4. Vegetable fat and monounsaturated fatty acids were elevated in Arab patients as compared with Jewish patients. 5. Body weight of both Arab and Jewish patients was not significantly higher when compared with their controls. 6. Energy consumption and obesity were higher in breast cancer patients than in the controls. This supporting evidence suggests an association between obesity and breast cancer occurrence.

PMID: 7954380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
31: Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Mar;83(3):357-61. Related Articles, Links

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Risk factors for severe preeclampsia.

Stone JL, Lockwood CJ, Berkowitz GS, Alvarez M, Lapinski R, Berkowitz RL.

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors associated with severe preeclampsia and to determine whether these factors are similar in nulliparous and multiparous patients. METHODS: Patients whose pregnancies were complicated by severe preeclampsia (n = 70) were compared retrospectively to 18,964 non-preeclamptic controls. Information on maternal demographic factors; medical, obstetric, and family histories; and neonatal outcome was retrieved and analyzed by univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS: By logistic regression, the only risk factors associated with the development of severe preeclampsia were severe obesity in all patients (adjusted odds ratio 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.68-7.46) and a history of preeclampsia in multiparous patients (adjusted odds ratio 7.2, 95% CI 2.74-18.74). CONCLUSION: Severe obesity and a history of preeclampsia are the only maternal risk factors identified for the development of severe preeclampsia.

PMID: 8127525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



 

 
32: J Perinatol. 1994 Jan-Feb;14(1):10-4. Related Articles, Links

Obstetric challenges of massive obesity complicating pregnancy.

Isaacs JD, Magann EF, Martin RW, Chauhan SP, Morrison JC.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.

This study examined the effects of massive maternal obesity on medical complications, mode of delivery, postpartum complications, and hospital confinement. In this retrospective case control study, women weighing > 300 pounds delivering from January 1, 1986, to November 1, 1991, were matched for age, race, parity, and height with lean parturient women (mean weight 160 +/- 21 pounds). Among massively obese women there was a greater incidence of chronic hypertension (p < 0.05) and diabetes (p < 0.05) than in the control group. Primary cesarean section was more frequent (p < 0.05), as was the postoperative complication of endometritis when obese patients were compared with lean women (p < 0.05). Cephalopelvic disproportion was the only indication for primary cesarean section, which occurred with greater frequency in the obese group. The postpartum hospital confinement was also significantly longer in the obese study group (p < 0.05). The gestation of a massively obese parturient woman is more frequently complicated by chronic hypertension and diabetes. Abdominal delivery for cephalopelvic disproportion is more likely, and this mode of birth is more often followed by endometritis, which results in longer hospital stays.

PMID: 8169671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
33: Anesthesiology. 1993 Dec;79(6):1210-8. Related Articles, Links

Anesthetic and obstetric outcome in morbidly obese parturients.

Hood DD, Dewan DM.

Department of Anesthesia, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1009.

BACKGROUND: Large studies reporting anesthetic outcome for morbidly obese parturients are lacking. This study compares the anesthetic and obstetric outcome in morbidly obese parturients and matched control parturients. METHODS: Anesthesia records were prospectively collected for all patients delivering between September 1978 and November 1989 whose weight exceeded 136.4 kg (300 pounds) at the time of delivery. A retrospective control patient group was collected by matching the first patient weighing less than 136.4 kg, delivered in the same month by the same obstertrician, to the corresponding morbidly obese parturient. Anesthetic and obstetric outcome variables were extracted from medical records and analyzed. RESULTS: Sixty-two percent of 117 morbidly obese women underwent cesarean section, while only 24% of control patients delivered abdominally (P < 0.05). Forty-eight percent of all laboring morbidly obese parturients required emergency cesarean section, compared with 9% of control laboring parturients (P < 0.05). Epidural anesthesia was used successfully for labor and cesarean delivery in 74 of 79 morbidly obese women and 66 of 67 control patients. When compared with control patients, initial epidural anesthesia failure was significantly more likely in morbidly obese women, requiring epidural catheter replacement. Difficult tracheal intubation occurred in 6 of 17 morbidly obese women, compared with 0 of 8 control women (P = 0.06). Morbidly obese women had increased incidences of antepartum medical disease, prolonged cesarean section operation times, serious postoperative complications, and increased hospital stays. CONCLUSIONS: The high incidences of antepartum medical disease and emergency cesarean section complicate anesthetic care in the morbidly obese parturients. Epidural anesthesia is feasible; however, the high initial failure rate necessitates early catheter placement, critical block assessment and catheter replacement when indicated, and provision for alternative airway management.

PMID: 8267196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
34: Anaesth Intensive Care. 1993 Jun;21(3):309-10. Related Articles, Links

The influence of obesity on the relationship between body mass index and the distance to the epidural space from the skin.

Watts RW.

The Investigator Clinic, Port Lincoln, South Australia.

This study confirms that distance to the epidural space from the skin at the L3-4 interspace is only moderately correlated with body mass index in obstetric patients. A similar moderate linear correlation was found in the non-obstetric patients. However, in obese patients (BMI > 25), distance to epidural space from the skin correlated poorly with body mass index.

PMID: 8342760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
35: Akush Ginekol (Sofiia). 1993;32(3):4-6. Related Articles, Links

[The biochemical changes in overweight pregnant women during the pregnancy]

[Article in Bulgarian]

Krusteva M, Malinova M, Vulcheva Z, Milchev N, Grozdanov G.

The degree of weight gain during pregnancy as a risk factor for a mother and her newborn is a disputable problem. Most of the studies have shown, that maternal overweight gain has a bad effect on labor delivery outcome. The present study included 108 pregnant women, subdivided into three groups, according to weight gain during pregnancy: Group I(32) - < 12 kg, Group II(42) - 12 < - < 20 kg. Group III(34) - > 20 kg. The patients were estimated according to their age, parity, pregnancy induced hypertension and mode of delivery. The authors investigated biochemical indicators of protein, lipid and electrolyte balance. The results illustrate the influence of prenatal overweight gain on the pregnancy complication, mode of delivery and some biochemical changes.

PMID: 8037320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
36: Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 1993;14(2):119-26. Related Articles, Links

The role of the endocrine factors and obesity in hormone-dependent gynecological neoplasias.

Maggino T, Pirrone F, Velluti F, Bucciante G.

Gynaecologic Obstetric Institute, University of Padua.

Between September 1990 and February 1992, we studied 70 women of post-menopausal age, of whom 33 were affected by hormone-dependent gynecologic tumors and 37 by other pathologies, measuring estrogens, androgens, SHBG and also measuring excess fat and its distribution. The aim of our research was to ascertain what relation there was between adipose tissue, taking account central or peripheric localization, the levels of sex steroids and the onset of endometrial and breast cancer. In the group of tumor patients, we found a quantity of fat mass greater than in the control group (p < 0.05); there was, beside, in the first group, an inverse proportional correlation between the SHBG levels and BMI, and between SHBG and the fat mass (P < 0.05). We also observed an inverse relation between the levels of testosterone and SHBG (P < 0.05). These findings confirm the role that the adipose tissue and androgens would have on the globulin production, which in turn would reflect on the percentage of potentially active steroids in endometrial and mammary tissues. We also wished to ascertain if the distribution of fatty tissue (prevalently abdominal or prevalently gluteo-femoral) could have different endocrine-metabolic consequences. We found a directly proportional relation between an index of central obesity, the T/L Ratio, and the levels of DHA-S (P < 0.05), but the significance of this relation is not clear, inasmuch as DHA-S is one of the least active of the androgens.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

PMID: 8500493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
37: Med J Aust. 1992 Mar 2;156(5):321-4. Related Articles, Links

Obstetric and birthweight differences between Vietnam-born and Australian-born women.

Henry OA, Guaran RL, Petterson CD, Walstab JE.

University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, East Melbourne, VIC.

OBJECTIVES: To measure the frequency of obstetrical complications and assess the outcome of pregnancies in Vietnam-born mothers; to compute birthweight percentile charts for their infants; and to compare these parameters in Vietnam-born women with those of a control group of Australian-born women. DESIGN: A retrospective study of all pregnancies in Vietnam-born and Australian-born mothers managed in the Mercy Hospital for Women over a 10-year period, 1979-1988 inclusive. SETTING: The Mercy Hospital for Women provides primary and secondary obstetric care to public and private patients. PATIENTS: All women born in Australia or Vietnam who delivered in the Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, over the 10-year period and their infants. Twins, stillborn babies and infants with congenital malformations were not included in the calculation of birthweight percentiles. RESULTS: Gestational diabetes (7.3% v. 4.3%, P less than 0.0001) and low oestriol excretion (14.4% v. 10.8%, P less than 0.0001) were more common whereas essential hypertension (0.3% v. 1.2%, P less than 0.001) and pre eclampsia (3.7% v. 8.6%, P less than 0.0001) were less common among Vietnam-born mothers. Intervention for labour and delivery was less common among Vietnam-born mothers: induction of labour (7.1% v. 24.7%, P less than 0.0001) and forceps delivery (17.8% v. 21.9%, P less than 0.001); caesarean section rates were similar. Infants of Vietnam-born mothers were significantly lighter than those of Australian-born; percentile charts for birthweight and gestational age are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Pregnancies among Vietnam-born women migrants in Australia were associated with few complications in spite of a higher incidence of gestational diabetes and a low oestriol excretion. The infants were lighter than those born to Australian-born mothers. Our percentile charts for birthweight relative to gestational age will provide a more accurate assessment of intrauterine growth for these infants.

PMID: 1588863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
38: J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1992;21(5):563-7. Related Articles, Links

[Pregnancy and obesity. A case control study of 140 cases]

[Article in French]

Le Thai N, Lefebvre G, Stella V, Vauthier D, Sfoggia D, Goulon V, Darbois Y.

Service de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique, CHU Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris.

A retrospective study of 70 fat women and 70 women of normal weight was carried out to compare their obstetric performance. The patients were assessed before pregnancy for corpulence by estimating the body mass index (IMC). Obesity was defined by having an index of 30 or above. The mean weight of the obese patients at delivery was 142 kgs and of the controls 65.4 kgs. The main risk in obese patients is a raised blood pressure (34%); and in spite of this no child showed intrauterine growth retardation. The mean weight of the newborn infants was 3.7 kgs against a mean weight of 3.2 kgs in the control group. Eighteen infants born to obese mothers were very heavy (25%). The increase in fetal weight explains why the caesarean section rate was three times as high in the obese patients as in the control due to disproportion (25%). These differences are statistically significant. Neonatal morbidity was similar in the two groups. It is debatable whether a slimming diet was worthwhile. All the same calorie intake reduced slightly to about 1.800 calories a day together with vitamin supplements is advisable. It does not have any ill effect on the fetus.

PMID: 1401773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
39: J Am Coll Nutr. 1988 Apr;7(2):147-53. Related Articles, Links

Gynecologic-obstetric changes after loss of massive excess weight following bariatric surgery.

Deitel M, Stone E, Kassam HA, Wilk EJ, Sutherland DJ.

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Ont. Canada.

A clinical study was undertaken to assess gynecologic-obstetric changes in morbidly obese women who lost greater than or equal to 50% of their excess weight with bariatric surgery. The 138 females (109 of reproductive age), age 35 +/- 9 SD yr, weighed 124 +/- 23 kg before surgery and 79 +/- 13 kg after weight loss had stabilized. Menstrual irregularities were present in 40.4% of premenopausal patients preoperatively; after massive weight loss, cycles were abnormal in 4.6% (p less than 0.001). Infertility problems were present preoperatively in 29.3% Of these, nine tried to conceive after weight loss and were successful. During past pregnancies, medical complications were frequent (hypertension 26.7%, pre-eclampsia 12.8%, diabetes 7.0%, and deep vein thrombosis 7.0%). After weight-loss stabilization, these obstetric complications did not occur. Incidence of urinary stress incontinence decreased from 61.2% to 11.6% (p less than 0.001). Gynecologic-obstetric changes tended to normalize after loss of massive body weight.

PMID: 3361039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
40: Josanpu Zasshi. 1987 Jun;41(6):523-8. Related Articles, Links

[Study on pregnancy, delivery, and nutritional education of obese patients]

[Article in Japanese]

Suzuki H, Takehara M, Tsuji M, Nakatani K, Takahama H.

PMID: 3650351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
41: Neurology. 1984 Jun;34(6):721-9. Related Articles, Links

Pseudotumor cerebri and pregnancy.

Digre KB, Varner MW, Corbett JJ.

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is most commonly seen in obese women of reproductive age. We studied 109 women with PTC between ages 16 and 44 years. In 11, PTC started during pregnancy. Thirteen women with previous diagnosis of PTC, including two of the aforementioned 11, had an additional 17 documented pregnancies. Patients were matched by age and parity with controls. Obstetric complications occurred more frequently in the controls. Visual loss occurred with the same frequency in pregnant and nonpregnant patients. Treatment of PTC patients in pregnancy should be the same as for nonpregnant PTC patients, except that calorie restriction and diuretic use are contraindicated. Obstetric management is no different from that of normal pregnancy.

PMID: 6539432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 

 
42: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Aug 15;146(8):911-5. Related Articles,