Premature Birth

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A prospective study of the association between vigorous physical activity during pregnancy and length of gestation and birthweight. 
  • A spatial measure of neighborhood level racial isolation applied to low birthweight, preterm birth, and birthweight in North Carolina. 
  • A standardized template for clinical studies in preterm birth. 
  • A time-series analysis of air pollution and preterm birth in Pennsylvania, 1997-2001. 
  • Absence of mitochondrial progesterone receptor polymorphisms in women with spontaneous preterm birth. 
  • Adverse birth outcomes among nulliparous vs. multiparous women. 
  • Alteration in vaginal microflora, douching prior to pregnancy, and preterm birth. 
  • Antepartum vaginal bleeding, fetal exposure to oral pathogens, and risk for preterm birth at <35 weeks of gestation. 
  • Association of 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate and Risk of Infection. 
  • Association of maternal IL-1 receptor antagonist intron 2 gene polymorphism and preterm birth. 
  • Association of preterm birth with long-term survival, reproduction, and next-generation preterm birth. 
  • Associations between the quality of the residential built environment and pregnancy outcomes among women in North Carolina. 
  • Bayesian isotonic regression and trend analysis. 
  • Behavioral influences on preterm birth: integrated analysis of the pregnancy, infection, and nutrition study. 
  • Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery Outcomes of Perinatally vs Nonperinatally Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pregnant Women in the United States: Results From the PHACS SMARTT Study and IMPAACT P1025 Protocol. 
  • Black-white preterm birth disparity: a marker of inequality. 
  • Center Variation in the Delivery of Indicated Late Preterm Births. 
  • Cervical dilation as a predictor of pregnancy outcome following emergency cerclage. 
  • Chronic prenatal depression and neonatal outcome. 
  • Clinical characteristics and response to prophylactic fluconazole of preterm VLBW neonates with baseline and acquired fungal colonisation in NICU: data from a multicentre RCT. 
  • Commentary on 'How often are late preterm births the result of non-evidence based practices: analysis from a retrospective cohort study at two tertiary referral centres in a nationalised healthcare system'. 
  • Comorbid depression and anxiety effects on pregnancy and neonatal outcome. 
  • Congenital Heart Disease in Premature Infants 25-32 Weeks' Gestational Age. 
  • DNA methylation at imprint regulatory regions in preterm birth and infection. 
  • Demographic, clinical and occupational characteristics associated with early onset of delivery: findings from the Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System, 2001-2004. 
  • Diagnosis and management of group B streptococcus in pregnancy. 
  • Disparities in maternal hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: evidence from North Carolina, 1994-2003. 
  • Donor oocytes are associated with preterm birth when compared to fresh autologous in vitro fertilization cycles in singleton pregnancies. 
  • Dynamics of human foveal development after premature birth. 
  • Early Life Characteristics and Neurodevelopmental Phenotypes in the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center. 
  • Effectiveness of assisted reproductive technology (ART). 
  • Effects of periodontal therapy on rate of preterm delivery: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effects of socioeconomic and racial residential segregation on preterm birth: a cautionary tale of structural confounding. 
  • Elevations of inflammatory proteins in neonatal blood are associated with obesity and overweight among 2-year-old children born extremely premature. 
  • Estimation of shear wave speed in the human uterine cervix. 
  • Examining the relationship between ovarian reserve, as measured by basal FSH levels, and the risk of poor obstetric outcome in singleton IVF gestations. 
  • Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women. 
  • Exploratory quantile regression with many covariates: an application to adverse birth outcomes. 
  • Factors that influence the timing of spontaneous labor at term. 
  • Faulty interpretation of observed racial disparity in recurrent preterm birth 
  • Fetal immune response to oral pathogens and risk of preterm birth. 
  • Foveal avascular zone and foveal pit formation after preterm birth. 
  • Fundamentals of Clinical Pharmacology With Application for Pregnant Women. 
  • Gestational age at initiation of 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate and recurrent preterm birth. 
  • Gestational weight gain and birth outcome in relation to prepregnancy body mass index and ethnicity. 
  • Health disparities in risk for cervical insufficiency. 
  • Hydroxychloroquine in lupus pregnancy. 
  • IL-8 signaling does not mediate intra-amniotic LPS-induced inflammation and maturation in preterm fetal lamb lung. 
  • Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy: A Review of Diagnosis and Management. 
  • Introduction. 
  • Investigation of maternal environmental exposures in association with self-reported preterm birth. 
  • Joint Bayesian analysis of birthweight and censored gestational age using finite mixture models. 
  • Life satisfaction and preterm birth among urban black women: findings from the Baltimore preterm birth study. 
  • Lipoprotein particle concentration measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is associated with gestational age at delivery: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Lupus activity in pregnancy. 
  • Magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection in the setting of chorioamnionitis. 
  • Management of Short Cervix during Pregnancy: A Review. 
  • Maternal ethnic ancestry and adverse perinatal outcomes in New York City. 
  • Maternal health prior to pregnancy and preterm birth among urban, low income black women in Baltimore: the Baltimore Preterm Birth Study. 
  • Maternal prenatal pregnancy-related anxiety and spontaneous preterm birth in Baltimore, Maryland. 
  • Maternal weathering and risk of preterm delivery. 
  • Maturation of the antioxidant system and the effects on preterm birth. 
  • Maturation of the human fovea: correlation of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings with histology. 
  • Metabolomics in premature labor: a novel approach to identify patients at risk for preterm delivery. 
  • Midabdominal aortic coarctation presenting with severe pre-eclampsia. 
  • Multiple Overimputation to Address Missing Data and Measurement Error: Application to HIV Treatment During Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes. 
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis in infants with ductal-dependent congenital heart disease. 
  • Neighborhood deprivation and adverse birth outcomes among diverse ethnic groups. 
  • Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Noncephalic Presentation at Delivery in Preterm Birth. 
  • PMTCT Option B+ Does Not Increase Preterm Birth Risk and May Prevent Extreme Prematurity: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Malawi. 
  • PROLONG Clinical Study Protocol: Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate to Reduce Recurrent Preterm Birth. 
  • Pathogenesis of pregnancy complications in systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Patient-Reported Disease Activity and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  • Perinatal Considerations in Women With Previous Diagnosis of Cancer. 
  • Periodontal disease increases the risk of preterm delivery among preeclamptic women. 
  • Predicting Preterm Birth Among Women Screened by North Carolina's Pregnancy Medical Home Program. 
  • Predictors of adverse events among pregnant smokers exposed in a nicotine replacement therapy trial. 
  • Predictors of preterm birth in patients with mild systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Pregnancy Outcomes after Treatment for Cervical Cancer Precursor Lesions: An Observational Study. 
  • Pregnancy outcomes associated with viral hepatitis. 
  • Prenatal dexamethasone augments the neurobehavioral teratology of chlorpyrifos: significance for maternal stress and preterm labor. 
  • Prenatal protease inhibitor use and risk of preterm birth among HIV-infected women initiating antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. 
  • Preterm birth, fetal growth, and age at menarche among women exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol (DES). 
  • Preterm birth, long-term survival, and fertility. 
  • Preterm birth: the role of knowledge transfer and exchange. 
  • Prevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women and its impact on pregnancy and newborn complications at a tertiary hospital in the eastern part of Germany. 
  • Progesterone for preventing premature birth: practice patterns of board-certified maternal-fetal medicine specialists in the United States. 
  • Psychosocial Stress and Preterm Birth: The Impact of Parity and Race. 
  • Quality measures in high-risk pregnancies: Executive Summary of a Cooperative Workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 
  • Reasons for cesarean and medically indicated deliveries in pregnancies in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Reducing the global burden of Preterm Birth through knowledge transfer and exchange: a research agenda for engaging effectively with policymakers. 
  • Regional variation in late preterm births in North Carolina. 
  • Regulation of fetal membrane inflammation: a critical step in reducing adverse pregnancy outcome. 
  • Risk factors for uteroplacental vascular compromise and inflammation. 
  • Second trimester folate status and preterm birth. 
  • Serological targeted analysis of an ITIH4 peptide isoform: a preterm birth biomarker and its associated SNP implications. 
  • Should spontaneous and medically indicated preterm births be separated for studying aetiology? 
  • Sleeping and waking state development in preterm infants. 
  • Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth. 
  • Spatial-temporal modeling of the association between air pollution exposure and preterm birth: identifying critical windows of exposure. 
  • Spelling it out in black and white: Absolute measures of effect for binary outcomes: quantifying the public health impact of interventions. 
  • The "Hispanic paradox": an investigation of racial disparity in pregnancy outcomes at a tertiary care medical center. 
  • The Effects of Turner Syndrome, 45,X on Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Evaluation. 
  • The association between pre pregnancy body mass index and risk of preeclampsia: a registry based study from Tanzania. 
  • The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000-2005: a cross-sectional analysis. 
  • The clinical utility of measuring complement and anti-dsDNA antibodies during pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • The effect of water disinfection by-products on pregnancy outcomes in two southeastern US communities. 
  • The effects of anemia on pregnancy outcome in patients with pyelonephritis. 
  • The impact of cyclophosphamide on menstruation and pregnancy in women with rheumatologic disease. 
  • The influence of prior obstetrical history on current 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate use. 
  • The neighborhood contribution to black-white perinatal disparities: an example from two north Carolina counties, 1999-2001. 
  • The relationship of cervical microbiota diversity with race and disparities in preterm birth. 
  • The role of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma in adverse pregnancy outcomes. 
  • The role of socioeconomic factors in Black-White disparities in preterm birth. 
  • Tocolysis: A Review of the Literature. 
  • Transcriptome changes affecting Hedgehog and cytokine signalling in the umbilical cord: implications for disease risk. 
  • Trisomy 18 Pregnancies: Is there an Increased Maternal Risk? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Farsiu, Sina, Paul Ruffin Scarborough Distinguished Associate Professor of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Gilner, Jennifer B, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Toth, Cynthia Ann, Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
  • Wheeler, Sarahn M, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine