RT - Journal Article T1 - Evaluation of Maternal and Neonatal Complications in Macrosomia JF - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci YR - 1999 JO - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci VO - 9 IS - 24 UR - http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-933-en.html SP - 32 EP - 38 K1 - Macrosomia K1 - Delivery management K1 - Maternal Complication K1 - Neonatal Complication AB - Background and purpose : Macrosomia can increase maternal & neonatal complications.These complications and their relevance to macrosomia was evaluated in this study. Materials and Methods: This was a cohort study done , by selecting 5440 delivery files, in which 4400 cases had natural delivery and 104 patients with cesarean section . Patients with full term delivery of neonate with 4000 grams were selected as a case group and the patients with full term delivery of neonate with 25000-3999 grams weight were selected as a control group. Factors like , parity , and delivery status were the same for both groups , the patients with repeated cesarean were omitted in this study. Results : The results of this study showed that the total rate of cesarean section in control group was 15.5% against the rate of 11.5% in control group (P LA eng UL http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-933-en.html M3 ER -