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Zafar Iqbal

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  Maternal Obesity a Global Health Problem and its Implications on Maternal and Fetal Health
  Author(s): Anjum Hashmi, Jamil Ahmed Soomro, Zafar Iqbal, Tahira Kousar Soomro and Khalid Saleem Anjum Hashmi, Jamil Ahmed Soomro, Zafar Iqbal, Tahira Kousar Soomro and Khalid Saleem
  
  Introduction: Obesity in pregnancy is associated with numerous ante partum complications and neonatal morbidity. Modest weight loss prior to pregnancy and reduced weight gain during gestation could bring substantial advantages to obstetric outcome. Objectives: To compare maternal complications and labor outcome in obese and non-obese women Methodology: It is a retrospective comparative study conducted at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Unit 1, Civil Hospital, Karachi from Dec 2009 to Dec 2010. A sample size of 220 gravid women is selected by Non Probability Convenience sampling technique. In these 110 obese women as cases was compared with 110 non-obese women as controls, booked at <20 weeks of gestation and data was collected regarding maternal complication, mode of delivery and neonatal outcome by trained medical of.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-038X.1000103

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