On Friday 15 November at 14:00, Lise Qvirin Krogh defends her PhD dissertation entitled "Induction of labor versus expectant management in women with obesity: Assessing the risk of cesarean delivery and other maternal and neonatal outcomes".

Pregnant women with obesity have a higher risk of developing complications during pregnancy and of having a cesarean section compared to pregnant women without obesity. This risk increases in the last weeks of pregnancy. The PhD project investigates, using different research methods, how the risk of complications and cesarean sections is affected in women with obesity when labor is induced one week before the due date, compared to waiting for labor to start naturally. The project also looks at how obesity affects the chances of an induced labor reaching the active phase, which is necessary for a
vaginal birth.

The summary is written by the PhD student. 

The defence is public and takes place in Auditorium Verdensrummet, Forum, Aarhus University Hospital, Entrance A. Please see the press release for more information. 

Contact

PhD student Lise Qvirin Krogh
Mail: lise.qvirin.krogh@clin.au.dk
Phone: (+45) 51242102

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