2020
Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care
Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L. Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Medical Care 2020, 59: 131-138. PMID: 33201084, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-section rateCesarean section rateObstetrical careVeterans AffairsWomen veteransPregnant veteransC-sectionSection rateEdinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scoreHigher body mass indexObservational cohort studyBody mass indexC-section deliveryCommunity care providersDepression Scale scoresPublic health problemQuality of careVA medical facilitiesCross-sectional analysisPostpartum veteransMaternal morbidityCohort studyMass indexObstetrical providersVA careSevere Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans
Combellick JL, Bastian LA, Altemus M, Womack JA, Brandt CA, Smith A, Haskell SG. Severe Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans. Journal Of Women's Health 2020, 29: 577-584. PMID: 31905319, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2019.7948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere maternal morbidity eventSevere maternal morbidityMaternal morbidityMorbidity eventsVeteran womenVeterans AffairsChart reviewWomen veteransHealth statusPerinatal mental healthSurveillance methodologyWomen's health statusQuality of carePositive predictive valueMental health problemsOperation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn VeteransPregnancy outcomesOperation New Dawn veteransDiseases codesMorbidityInternational ClassificationNew Dawn veteransOutpatient dataPredictive valueHealth problems
2013
Does This Woman Have an Ectopic Pregnancy?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review
Crochet JR, Bastian LA, Chireau MV. Does This Woman Have an Ectopic Pregnancy?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. JAMA 2013, 309: 1722-1729. PMID: 23613077, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.3914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic pregnancyAbdominal painVaginal bleedingTransvaginal sonographyPatient historyEarly pregnancyAdnexal massesLaboratory valuesRational Clinical Examination Systematic ReviewSerum human chorionic gonadotropin levelsHuman chorionic gonadotropin levelsAvailable laboratory valuesCervical motion tendernessChorionic gonadotropin levelsBest diagnostic modalityPhysical examination findingsDirect surgical visualizationEnglish-language articlesPositive likelihood ratioAdnexal tendernessHCG testingIntrauterine pregnancyMaternal morbidityTransvaginal sonogramsGonadotropin levels