DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i02.054

Pages: 696-698

Over the past decades, the prevalence of obesity has worldwide dramatically increased. In pregnancy, obesity is associated with increased risk of maternal death and of significant complications. Several papers have also reported an increased risk of major anomalies in the offspring of obese pregnant women. At the same time, carrying out an ultrasound examination on an obese pregnant woman is a difficult task, due to the impaired acoustic window. This study was discussing the clinical and technical problems associated with ultrasound examination in obese and overweight women. The study was done among 601 pregnant women with BMI 25-30 and >30 with 424, mean age 29.5 years and mean gestation age was 30.7 weeks, positive clinical history in 353 (58.7%). Visibility of fetal anatomy in ultrasound good in 344 (57.2%), moderate in (38.3%) and poor in (4.5%), the study found that there was strong significant correlation between BMI and visibility of fetal ultrasound anatomy (p <0.01).