Women who have undergone bariatric surgery should be classified as at-risk during pregnancy, with a greater chance of giving birth to preterm or small-for-gestational-age babies, Swedish researchers said.
In a 1999-2009 cohort of 2,534 births following weight-loss surgery, nearly 10% (243) were preterm compared with 6.1% of 12,468 control births of similar age, parity, early pregnancy body mass index (BMI), smoking status, education level, and delivery year, according to Olof Stephansson, MD, PhD, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and colleagues. http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/42873
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