Sleep apnea in obese pregnancy women linked to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study reports that newborns of obese pregnant women suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit than those born to obese mothers without the sleep-disordered breathing. The sleep disorder was also associated with higher rates of preeclampsia in the severely overweight pregnant women.