TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coviello, Elizabeth
AU  - Kawakita, Tetsuya
TI  - The association between surgical site infections and gestational weight gain in obese women
SN  - 0932-0067
PY  - 2020///
KW  - *Gestational Weight Gain/ph [Physiology]
KW  - *Surgical Wound Infection/co [Complications]
KW  - Adult
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Obstetrics and Gynecology/Maternal-Fetal Medicine
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - CONCLUSION: Among obese women, GWG was not associated with surgical site infections; METHODS: This was a retrospective study of all obese women with singleton pregnancies undergoing cesarean delivery at >= 23 weeks' gestation between January 2012 and June 2018. Women were categorized according to GWG: below, within, and above the IOM guidelines. Our primary outcome was a composite of surgical site infections. Coarsened Exact Matching with k-to-k solution was performed using predefined variables; PURPOSE: To examine an association between gestational weight gain (GWG), defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines, and surgical site infections in obese women; RESULTS: Of 2376 obese women, 429 (18.1%), 449 (18.9%), and 1498 (63.0%) had GWG below, within, and above the IOM guidelines, respectively. After matching, there was no difference in a rate of the primary outcome between women with GWG below the IOM guidelines and those with GWG within the IOM guidelines (6.7% [20/300] vs 4.3% [13/300]; P = .21). Similarly, there was no difference in the rate of the primary outcome between women with GWG above the IOM guidelines and those with GWG within the IOM guidelines (5.7% [24/421] vs 5.2% [22/421]; P = .76)
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05548-9
ER  -