• Investigating the role of early low-dose aspirin in diabetes: A phase III multicentre double-blinded placebo-controlled randomised trial of aspirin therapy initiated in the first trimester of diabetes pregnancy 

  Finnegan, Catherine; Dicker, Patrick; Fernandez, Elena; Tully, Elizabeth; Higgins, Mary; Daly, Sean; Riordan, Mairead O’; Dunne, Fidelma; Gaffney, Geraldine; Slevin, John; Ciprike, Vinete; Breathnach, Fionnuala (Elsevier Inc, 2019-10-15)

  Background: Preeclampsia, preterm birth and low birth weight represent key contributing factors to perinatal morbidity and mortality. Pregnancies complicated by type 1 and type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of these ...
• Caesarean section delivery and childhood obesity in a British longitudinal cohort study 

  Masukume, Gwinyai; Khashan, Ali S.; Morton, Susan M. B.; Baker, Philip N.; Kenny, Louise C.; McCarthy, Fergus P. (Public Library of Science, 2019-10-30)

  Background: Several studies reported an association between Caesarean section (CS) birth and childhood obesity. However, there are several limitations in the current literature. These include an inability to distinguish ...
• PARROT Ireland: Placental growth factor in assessment of women with suspected pre-eclampsia to reduce maternal morbidity: A stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial research study protocol 

  Hayes-Ryan, Deirdre; Hemming, Karla; Breathnach, Fionnaula; Cotter, Amanda; Devane, Declan; Hunter, Alyson; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.; Morrison, John J.; Murphy, Deirdre J.; Khashan, Ali S.; McElroy, Brendan; Murphy, Aileen; Dempsey, Eugene; O’Donoghue, Keelin; Kenny, Louise C. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-03-01)

  Introduction: Women presenting with suspected pre-eclampsia are currently triaged on the basis of hypertension and dipstick proteinuria. This may result in significant false positive and negative diagnoses resulting in ...
• Miscarriage hospitalisations: a national population-based study of incidence and outcomes, 2005–2016 

  San Lazaro Campillo, Indra; Meaney, Sarah; O’Donoghue, Keelin; Corcoran, Paul (BioMed Central, 2019-05-09)

  Background: Early miscarriage is one of the most common obstetric causes of maternal morbidity early in pregnancy. However, data concerning non-fatal complications among hospitalisations for early miscarriage are lacking. ...
• Screening for preterm birth: Potential for a metabolomics biomarker panel 

  Considine, Elizabeth C.; Khashan, Ali S.; Kenny, Louise C. (MDPI, 2019-05-07)

  The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the potential of maternal serum to provide metabolomic biomarker candidates for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) in asymptomatic pregnant women at 15 ...

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