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Obesity and pregnancy / Volker Briese, Manfred Voigt and Sebastian Straube.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briese, Volker, 1966-
- Series:
- Pregnancy and infants.
- Pregnancy and infants : medical, psychological and social issues series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pregnancy--Complications.
- Pregnancy.
- Obesity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Obesity is now the most common risk factor in pregnancy. Of all pregnant women 10-20% are obese and 1% are morbidly obese. A range of topical issues is discussed in this book including the scientific background behind obesity and pregnancy, complications of pregnancy in the obese, and obstetric care for obese women.
- Contents:
- section 1. Background
- section 2. Obstetric care for obese women
- section 3. Complications of pregnancy
- section 4. Delivery
- section 5. Summaries and appendix.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61470-467-8
- OCLC:
- 923663248
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