Scholars@Duke
Rachel L Wood

Rachel L Wood

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Selected Publications

Maternal Cardiovascular Health Post-Dobbs

Journal Article NEJM Evidence · January 23, 2024 Full text Cite

Rates of Induction of Labor at 39 Weeks and Cesarean Delivery Following Publication of the ARRIVE Trial

Journal Article JAMA Network Open · August 10, 2023 This cross-sectional study analyzes the rates of induction and cesarean delivery before and after the publication of A Randomized Trial of Induction vs Expectant Management (ARRIVE). ... Full text Open Access Cite

The Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure and Cone Conundrum: The Role of Cumulative Excised Depth in Predicting Preterm Birth

Journal Article American Journal of Perinatology Reports · January 2022 Objective The objective was to determine factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth at less than 37 weeks in a cohort of patients who underwent a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) or cone prior to pregnancy. Full text Cite

Home Fire Safety Practices and Smoke Detector Program Awareness in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department Population

Journal Article Pediatric Emergency Care · November 2016 ObjectivesRisk factors for residential fire death (young age, minority race/ethnicity, and low socioeconomic status) are common among urban pediatric emergency department (ED) patients. C ... Full text Cite

Is High Weight Status Associated with Pediatric Forearm Fractures Requiring Anatomic Reduction?

Journal Article Journal of Investigative Medicine · April 2015 Background High weight status is associated with increased forearm fracture risk but its relationship to severity of fracture has not been evaluated. We compared the epidemiology of children's forearm fractures tr ... Full text Cite

Bone Mineral Density and Vitamin D Status Among African American Children With Forearm Fractures

Journal Article Pediatrics · September 1, 2012 OBJECTIVE:To determine whether African American children with forearm fractures have decreased bone mineral density and an increased prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (serum ... Full text Cite

Genetic Influences on Vitamin D Status and Forearm Fracture Risk in African American Children

Journal Article Journal of Investigative Medicine · August 2012 We sought to investigate the relationship between newly identified genetic variants and vitamin D levels and fracture risk in healthy African American (black) children. This case-control study included children of both sexes, ages 5 to 9 years, wi ... Full text Cite

Low bone mineral density and nutritional vitamin D deficiency in pediatric renal transplant recipients: Assessment of risk factors and response to oral vitamin D therapy

Journal Article Pediatric Transplantation · December 2011 Sgambat K, Tuchman S, Ryan L, Wood R, Moudgil A. Low bone mineral density and nutritional vitamin D deficiency in pediatric renal transplant recipients: Assessment of risk factors and response to oral vitamin D therapy. 
Pediatr Transplantation 201 ... Full text Cite

Epidemiology of Pediatric Forearm Fractures in Washington, DC

Journal Article Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care · October 2010 Full text Cite