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Obesity and Pregnancy book cover

1st Edition

Obesity and Pregnancy

By Margaret Rees, M A Karoshi, Louis Keith Copyright 2008
296 Pages
by CRC Press

296 Pages
by CRC Press
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Unlike other areas of medicine where statistics are meticulously kept by governments and global organizations, there are no accurate data to describe the number of the world's inhabitants who are overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. Despite this knowledge deficit, it should come as no surprise to readers that the medical community is facing an epidemic. Obesity is present in many of the... Read more

Contributors
Preface
SECTION 1: CORE ISSUES
Epidemiology and long-term health consequences of obesity - Hamisu M Salihu and Alice R Richman
Pregravid obesity and excessive weight gain: implications on pregnancy - Galia Oron, Yariv Yogev and Moshe Hod
The psychology of obesity in women and pregnancy - Georgina Jones
The molecular biology of obesity - David CW Lau
SECTION 2: OBESITY AND REPRODUCTION
Obesity and conception - Erica E Marsh and Randall B Barnes
Maternal risks: hypertension, thromboembolism, and gestational
diabetes - Daghni Rajasingam and Hannah Rickard
Fetal risks: early and late pregnancy, and long-term complications
in adult life - Eyal Sheiner and Adi Y Weintraub
SECTION 3: PRECONCEPTUAL, ANTENATAL, AND POSTNATAL CARE
Antenatal care and ultrasound monitoring - Rebecca Black
Intrapartum care - Leslie Iffy and Lisa Gittensâ€"Williams
Postpartum care - Kirsten Duckitt
Obesity and contraception - Ailsa E Gebbie
Diet and anti-obesity drugs - Manny Noakes and Jane Scott
Surgical treatment of chronic overnutrition - John G Kral
Diabetes and obesity - Orli Most and Oded Langer
SECTION 4: SURGERY AND ANAESTHESIA
Operative delivery - LaTasha Nelson and Alan M Peaceman
Anaesthetic techniques - Melanie J Woolnough and Steven M Yentis
Index

Biography

Margaret Rees
Reader in Reproductive Medicine and Honorary Consultant in Medical Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Mahantesh Karoshi
Specialist Registrar, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Frimley Park Foundation Hospital NHS Trust, Frimley, UK

Louis Keith
Professor Emeritus and Former Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA

With the dramatic increase in the incidence of obesity in the UK and many other developed nations in recent years, this text, incorporating largely evidence-based material, has been released at an appropriate time and will serve as a useful guide for healthcare professionals.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Feb 2009

In the absence of national guidelines in the UK to improve the management of these women, this is an invaluable book and it should be available to all clinicians caring for obese pregnant women.
The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Nov 2009
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