Michael J Turner

..We compared the incidence of spontaneous miscarriage in women categorised as obese, based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) >29.9 kg/m(2), with women in other BMI categories...

..To examine the use of quality control performance charts to analyze cesarean rates nationally...

..Despite advances in clinical practice, it is likely that peripartum hysterectomy will be more challenging for obstetricians in the future...

..To compare the incidence of spontaneous miscarriage in women with moderate to severe obesity to that in women with a normal BMI after sonographic confirmation of the foetal heart rate in the first trimester...

..We set out to compare measurement of Body Mass Index (BMI) with selfreporting in women early in pregnancy...

..We evaluated screening with a diagnostic oral glucose tolerance test earlier than 20 weeks gestation in women with moderate to severe obesity...

..To determine the body mass index (BMI) and the body composition of fathers-to-be and to compare the findings with those of mothers-to-be during early pregnancy...

..To identify the maternal body composition parameters that independently influence birth weight...

..This study looked at the association between caesarean section (CS) and Body Mass Index (BMI) in primigravidas compared with multigravidas...

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..To review maternal mortality in a large stand-alone maternity hospital in a European city and to determine whether the increased cesarean rate was associated with an increase in maternal deaths...

..In this well characterised cohort of pregnant non-diabetic women in the third trimester of pregnancy we found that circulating maternal cytokines are associated with maternal adiposity but not with fetal adiposity...

..To examine the relationship between maternal glucose levels and intrauterine fetal adiposity distribution in women with a normal oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 28 weeks gestation...

..5-2.0 kg in the first trimester of pregnancy. This study examined whether mean maternal weight or body composition changes in the first trimester of pregnancy...

..The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to review pregnancy outcomes in morbidly obese women who delivered a baby weighing 500 g or more in a large tertiary referral university hospital in Europe...

..Leptin is produced mainly by adipocytes. Levels are increased in women with obesity and during pregnancy. Increased levels are also associated with pregnancy complications such as, pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus...

..This prospective study examined the need for a large cuff during pregnancy and its correlation with maternal obesity...

..To determine if Fetal Abdominal Subcutaneous Tissue (FAST) measurements using antenatal ultrasound differ between male and female fetuses...

..To estimate which maternal body composition parameters measured using multifrequency segmental bioelectric impedance analysis in the first trimester of pregnancy are predictors of increased birth weight...

..We report a morbidly obese woman who presented with peripartum shortness of breath. We discuss the differential diagnosis of dyspnoea in pregnancy and highlight the complexity of care of the morbidly obese woman...

..To determine if the RhD status of the fetus can be detected in an unselected group of RhD-negative women with ongoing pregnancies booking for routine antenatal care...

..The major morbidity is associated with placenta praevia. We found no correlation between the incidence of maternal morbidity and the number of previous sections...

..This chapter also explores how the incidence and complications of uterine rupture may be minimized, and yet the incidence of vaginal birth after Caesarean section (VBAC) optimized, in clinical practice...