Improving patient care for obese pregnant women giving birth by caesarian and hospital resources for them, is the focus of a new University of Melbourne-led study. Maternal obesity is associated with increased hospital care and has important operating room planning and resource implications for hospitals with maternity services. Investigator Professor David Story, Chair of Anaesthesia at the University, said the study’s fundamental aim was to increase understanding of the best ways to care and plan for obese women giving birth by caesarean, in both metropolitan and regional areas. “Women with increased body size are twice as likely to have a caesarian delivery.” “Clinical teams have to consider numerous pre-existing medical conditions such as gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia, a type of high blood pressure during pregnancy,” he said. This study MUM SIZE is a collaboration between seven Victorian hospitals affiliated with the University: the Royal Women’s Hospital, Sunshine Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women, the Northern Hospital, Northeast Health Wangaratta, Ballarat Base Hospital and Shepparton Regional Hospital. The project will look at the duration of caesarian section operations, using 1,500 patients across seven hospitals and how this affects hospital planning and patient care. “We know that obese women have an increased risk
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