The association of maternal obesity with fetal pH in parturients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia.

Unyime S Ituk Nancy Ha Sapna Ravindranath Chaorong Wu

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2022)

Maternal BMI is not associated with lower umbilical arterial pH in women having scheduled cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Severity of spinal anesthesia induced hypotension is greater with increasing BMI and may be responsible for the observed decrease in umbilical arterial pH.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
weight gain
pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
body mass index
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
polycystic ovary syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
oxidative stress
cervical cancer screening