Pregnancy Care for Patients With Super Morbid Obesity

Kelsey Olerich; David Soper; Shani Delaney; Mary Sterrett; Mary Sterrett

doi:10.3389/fped.2022.839377

Frontiers in Pediatrics (Jul 2022)

Pregnancy Care for Patients With Super Morbid Obesity

Kelsey Olerich,
David Soper,
Shani Delaney,
Mary Sterrett,
Mary Sterrett

Affiliations

Kelsey Olerich: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
David Soper: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
Shani Delaney: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Mary Sterrett: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Mary Sterrett: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.839377
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10

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The patient with obesity represents unique challenges to the medical community and, in the setting of pregnancy, additional risks to both mother and fetus. This document will focus on the risks and considerations needed to care for the women with obesity and her fetus during the antepartum, intrapartum, and immediate postpartum stages of pregnancy. Specific attention will be given to pregnancy in the setting of class III and super morbid obesity.

Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2296-2360 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/pediatrics

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