2020
Cardiovascular severe maternal morbidity in pregnant and postpartum women: development and internal validation of risk prediction models
Malhamé I, Danilack V, Raker C, Hardy E, Spalding H, Bouvier B, Hurlburt H, Vrees R, Savitz D, Mehta N. Cardiovascular severe maternal morbidity in pregnant and postpartum women: development and internal validation of risk prediction models. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2020, 128: 922-932. PMID: 32946639, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere maternal morbidityMaternal morbidityRisk prediction modelDelivery hospitalisationChronic hypertensionGestational hypertensionMaternal ageInternal validationPostpartum modelNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityBlack race/ethnicityObstetric teaching hospitalAcute heart failureRetrospective cohort studyPoor pregnancy outcomesValvular heart diseaseStrongest predictorRace/ethnicityRisk assessment toolCardiogenic shockSevere hypertensionCohort studyMultiple gestationsPregnancy outcomesHeart failure
2019
Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes?
Savitz D, Eliot M, Ito K, Johnson S, Manjourides J, Danilack V, Wellenius G. Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes? Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 3: e064. PMID: 33195963, PMCID: PMC7608891, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnancy outcomesDelivery hospitalGestational hypertensionPreterm birthBirth weightMaternal residenceAir pollution exposure estimatesLow birth weightAir pollution exposureAmbient air pollutionPregnancy complicationsPatient characteristicsPotential confoundersClinical practiceOutcome associationsHospitalPollution exposureNew York CityPotential markerLarge hospitalsAmbient fine particlesOutcomesExposure estimatesHypertensionOutcome misclassification