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Understanding maternal mortality in women with obesity and the role of care they receive: a national case-control study.

Monica SaucedoAna Paula Esteves PereiraLucile PencoléAgnès RigouzzoAlain ProustMarie-Hélène Bouvier-Collenull nullCatherine Deneux-Tharaux
Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2020)
The risk of maternal death increases with BMI; it multiplied by 1.6 in overweight women and more than tripled in pregnant women with severe obesity. Training clinicians in the specificities of care for pregnant women with obesity could improve their outcomes.
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