2024
Design, rationale and protocol for Glycemic Observation and Metabolic Outcomes in Mothers and Offspring (GO MOMs): an observational cohort study
Group T, Scholtens D, LeBlanc E, Vesco K, Amy D, Bays K, Massimino S, Robinson S, Schell K, Walters G, Hillier T, Oshiro C, Cordero S, Howick C, Kim L, Martinez Y, Pishchalenko O, Wastlova V, Zork N, Mourad M, Lonier J, Reddy U, Acevedo J, Castillo J, Gomez M, Peguero B, Facco F, Feghali M, Bocan H, Stramowski S, Powe C, Edlow A, Barth W, Nathan D, Azevedo R, Baez A, Iroajanma C, Larkin M, Maya J, Michalopoulos C, Neamonitaki N, Thangthaeng N, Yee L, Lowe W, Grobman W, Szmuilowicz E, Aguirre A, Guevara E, Mallett G, Matos S, Tyagi S, Spadola A, Catalano P, Azimirad A, Werner E, Rouse D, Malloy M, Parra F, Sherr J, Merriam A, Bitterman S, Considine E, Leventhal J, Perley L, Rink L, Steffen A, Thompson B, Zgorski M, Steffes M, Arends V, Killeen A, Siddique J, Bustamante P, Cheung Y, Freeze C, Grott T, Kuang A, Tull M, Linder B. Design, rationale and protocol for Glycemic Observation and Metabolic Outcomes in Mothers and Offspring (GO MOMs): an observational cohort study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e084216. PMID: 38851233, PMCID: PMC11163666, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge-for-gestational-age birth weightMetabolic outcomesLarge-for-gestational-ageDiagnosis of gestational diabetesOral glucose tolerance testAdverse pregnancy outcomesVanderbilt University Institutional Review BoardCourse of pregnancyObservational cohort studyGlucose tolerance testNational Institute of DiabetesDigestive and Kidney DiseasesGDM treatmentWeeks gestationDetect such abnormalitiesPerinatal outcomesGDM screeningInstitutional review boardGestational diabetesFirst-trimesterPregnancy outcomesEarly pregnancyGlucose abnormalitiesBirth weightPregnant adults
2019
Severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalisation in a large international administrative database, 2008–2013: a retrospective cohort
Lipkind H, Zuckerwise L, Turner E, Collins J, Campbell K, Reddy U, Illuzi J, Merriam A. Severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalisation in a large international administrative database, 2008–2013: a retrospective cohort. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2019, 126: 1223-1230. PMID: 31100201, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAustraliaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ComorbidityDatabases, FactualEnglandFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaternal AgeMaternal DeathMiddle AgedObstetric Labor ComplicationsPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsSevere maternal morbidityMaternal morbidityDelivery hospitalisationRetrospective cohortRisk factorsSevere maternal morbidity ratesMaternal morbidity ratesAcute renal failureLife-threatening diagnosisAdvanced maternal ageLife-saving procedureLarge university hospitalChi-square testMorbidity variesPregnancy complicationsClinical characteristicsIntravascular coagulationRenal failureSevere morbidityMultivariable analysisMorbidity rateAdverse outcomesClinical differencesMaternal ageUniversity Hospital
2017
Is the Relationship between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Preterm Birth Related to a Short Cervix?
Govindappagari S, Zork N, Merriam A, Gyamfi-Bannerman C. Is the Relationship between Short Interpregnancy Interval and Preterm Birth Related to a Short Cervix? American Journal Of Perinatology 2017, 34: 922-926. PMID: 28320033, DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort interpregnancy intervalInterpregnancy intervalShort cervixPreterm birthCervical lengthPreterm deliveryGroup 2Group 1Complete pregnancy outcome dataTransvaginal cervical lengthIndependent risk factorProspective cohort studyPregnancy outcome dataLogistic regression modelsCervical shorteningMultiparous patientsCohort studySecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRegression modelsRisk factorsOutcome dataCervixSecondary analysisBirth
2014
Fetal Outcomes of Elective Delivery
HOFFMAN MK, MERRIAM AA, EHRENTHAL DB. Fetal Outcomes of Elective Delivery. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology 2014, 57: 401-414. PMID: 24709710, DOI: 10.1097/grf.0000000000000030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research