Association of Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Association of Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

ObjectiveMore women are obese at their first prenatal visit and then subsequently gain further weight throughout pregnancy than ever before. The impact on the infant’s development of neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) has not been well studied. Using defined physiologic and neurologic cr...

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Main Authors: Meredith Monaco-Brown, Upender Munshi, Michael Joseph Horgan, Jamie L. Gifford, Rubia Khalak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
maternal obesity
neonatal hypoxia
HIE
perinatal encephalopathy
HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy)
BMI—body mass index
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.850654/full

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