2020
Trial of Labor After Two Prior Cesarean Deliveries: Patient and Hospital Characteristics and Birth Outcomes.
Dombrowski M, Illuzzi JL, Reddy UM, Lipkind HS, Lee HC, Lin H, Lundsberg LS, Xu X. Trial of Labor After Two Prior Cesarean Deliveries: Patient and Hospital Characteristics and Birth Outcomes. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2020, 136: 109-117. PMID: 32541284, PMCID: PMC7321852, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComposite severe maternal morbidityTrial of laborPrior cesarean deliverySevere maternal morbidityCesarean deliveryMaternal morbidityNewborn complicationsHospital characteristicsPropensity score-matched analysisSevere neonatal morbiditySuccessful vaginal birthSingleton live birthsAssociation of patientCohort of mothersBirth certificate dataSample eligibility criteriaModest increaseNeonatal morbidityNeonatal outcomesHospital dischargeBirth outcomesVaginal birthClear contraindicationsLive birthsMultivariable regressionUtility of Birth Certificate Data for Evaluating Hospital Variation in Admissions to NICUs
Haidari ES, Lee HC, Illuzzi JL, Lin H, Xu X. Utility of Birth Certificate Data for Evaluating Hospital Variation in Admissions to NICUs. Hospital Pediatrics 2020, 10: 190-194. PMID: 32005648, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNICU admission ratesBirth certificate dataNICU admissionAdmission ratesHospital variationCertificate dataConcordance correlation coefficientSubset of hospitalsPotential overuseAdmissionHospitalLin's concordance correlation coefficientGold standardRank testService dataGood concordanceConcordanceConcordance coefficient
2018
Hospital variation in utilization and success of trial of labor after a prior cesarean
Xu X, Lee HC, Lin H, Lundsberg LS, Campbell KH, Lipkind HS, Pettker CM, Illuzzi JL. Hospital variation in utilization and success of trial of labor after a prior cesarean. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2018, 220: 98.e1-98.e14. PMID: 30278176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCaliforniaCesarean SectionCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleGestational AgeHospitals, High-VolumeHospitals, Low-VolumeHumansInfant, NewbornMaternal AgePatient SafetyPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentTrial of LaborUterine RuptureVaginal Birth after CesareanConceptsSuccess of trialCesarean deliveryTrial of laborHospital variationSuccess rateLow success rateNewborn hospital discharge recordsPatient clinical risk factorsSevere unexpected newborn complicationsNewborn respiratory complicationsUnexpected newborn complicationsClinical risk factorsPrior cesarean deliveryHospital discharge recordsPatient case mixBirth certificate dataMidwife-attended birthsAnesthesia availabilityNewborn infectionRespiratory complicationsUterine ruptureNewborn morbidityPrior cesareanNewborn complicationsVaginal birth
2016
Planned home birth and the association with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
Wasden SW, Chasen ST, Perlman JM, Illuzzi JL, Chervenak FA, Grunebaum A, Lipkind HS. Planned home birth and the association with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Journal Of Perinatal Medicine 2016, 45: 1055-1060. PMID: 27865094, DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyNeonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyHome birthHospital birthsPregnancy characteristicsIschemic encephalopathyNormal controlsVital recordsCase-control studyMode of deliveryBirth certificate dataVital records dataLocation of birthYear of birthObstetric informationGestational ageHospital deliveryPotential confoundersLocation of deliveryCertificate dataLogistic regressionRecord dataBirthOddsNeonates