Infants born to mothers with higher classes of obesity are at increased risk for adverse outcomes like intraventricular hemorrhage and respiratory distress syndrome, new research shows.
Higher body mass index at the start of pregnancy is associated with increased risk for adverse maternal outcomes, includingResearchers conducted a retrospective study of 58,497 singleton pregnancies delivered at an urban hospital between 2013 and 2021.
They focused on pregnancies delivered between 24 and 42 weeks of gestation, for which information about BMI at the first prenatal visit was available.Obesity was associated with a dose-dependent increase in cesarean deliveries . Severe preeclampsia occurred in 8% of mothers without obesity and in 19% of mothers with class III obesity.
Infants born to mothers with class III obesity were more likely than were infants born to mothers without obesity to have respiratory distress syndrome , with a relative risk of 2.66.intraventricular hemorrhage"Infants born to patients with higher classes of obesity have significant associated morbidity including a 2 to 4 times increased risk of neonatal acidosis, grades III-IV intraventricular hemorrhage, sepsis, and RDS," the researchers reported.
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