2023
Predicting primary cesarean delivery in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus
Ramos S, Lewkowitz A, Lord M, Has P, Danilack V, Savitz D, Werner E. Predicting primary cesarean delivery in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2023, 229: 549.e1-549.e16. PMID: 37290567, PMCID: PMC10700654, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational diabetes mellitusDiabetes mellitusHosmer-Lemeshow testRisk factorsPrimary CDCD riskThird trimesterEarly pregnancy body mass indexPregnancy body mass indexLarge tertiary care centerOlder maternal ageTertiary care centerTrial of laborCohort of patientsBody mass indexImportant clinical outcomesPrimary cesarean deliveryWeeks of gestationMultiple risk factorsCharacteristic curveLogistic regression modelsSimilar discriminatory abilityMultiparous patientsStepwise backward eliminationCesarean delivery
2015
Hospital differences in special care nursery use for newborns of gestational diabetic mothers
Danilack V, Muri J, Savitz D, Caldwell D, Wood C. Hospital differences in special care nursery use for newborns of gestational diabetic mothers. The Journal Of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2015, 29: 3045-3050. PMID: 26700740, DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1114083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational diabetes mellitusLength of stayHealthy newbornsHospital characteristicsGDM deliveriesNational Perinatal Information CenterGestational diabetic mothersHospital-level variationAcademic teaching hospitalEligible newbornsDiabetic mothersSingleton newbornsDiabetes mellitusModerate complicationsLow birthweightHospital differencesTeaching hospitalUnadjusted associationsLower riskCare resourcesNewbornsHospitalMedicaid birthsSignificant associationStay