Tara E O'Brien

Summary

Affiliation: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Maternal body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia: a systematic overview
    Tara E O'Brien
    Division of Obstetrical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Epidemiology 14:368-74. 2003
  2. ncbi Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, Women s College Ambulatory Care Centre, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, 76, Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1B2
    Thromb Res 107:85-91. 2002
  3. ncbi A red blood cell agglutination D-dimer test to exclude deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Intern Med 147:165-70. 2007
  4. ncbi Predicting deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy: out in "LEFt" field?
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Intern Med 151:85-92. 2009
  5. ncbi Risk of stroke in women exposed to low-dose oral contraceptives: a critical evaluation of the evidence
    Wee Shian Chan
    Departments of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Intern Med 164:741-7. 2004
  6. ncbi Anatomic distribution of deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 182:657-60. 2010
  7. ncbi Longterm anticoagulation is preferable for patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. result of a decision analysis
    Hermine I Brunner
    Children s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45229, USA
    J Rheumatol 29:490-501. 2002
  8. ncbi Recurrent venous thromboembolism after pregnancy-associated versus unprovoked thromboembolism
    Richard H White
    Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Thromb Haemost 100:246-52. 2008

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Maternal body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia: a systematic overview
    Tara E O'Brien
    Division of Obstetrical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Epidemiology 14:368-74. 2003
    ..We performed a systematic overview of the literature to determine the association between prepregnancy body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia...
  2. ncbi Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, Women s College Ambulatory Care Centre, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, 76, Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1B2
    Thromb Res 107:85-91. 2002
    ..Future research is urgently needed to validate the use of current approaches and perhaps define safer and more accurate strategies to reduce maternal morbidity from this disease...
  3. ncbi A red blood cell agglutination D-dimer test to exclude deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Intern Med 147:165-70. 2007
    ..The D-dimer test is highly sensitive, and a negative result can obviate the need for further testing for DVT. This test has not been studied for DVT diagnosis in pregnancy because its specificity was deemed too poor...
  4. ncbi Predicting deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy: out in "LEFt" field?
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Intern Med 151:85-92. 2009
    ..Pretest probability assessment for DVT diagnosis has never been evaluated in pregnant women...
  5. ncbi Risk of stroke in women exposed to low-dose oral contraceptives: a critical evaluation of the evidence
    Wee Shian Chan
    Departments of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Intern Med 164:741-7. 2004
    ....
  6. ncbi Anatomic distribution of deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy
    Wee Shian Chan
    Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 182:657-60. 2010
    ..We undertook this study to determine the anatomic distribution of deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity in symptomatic pregnant patients...
  7. ncbi Longterm anticoagulation is preferable for patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. result of a decision analysis
    Hermine I Brunner
    Children s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45229, USA
    J Rheumatol 29:490-501. 2002
    ..No universally accepted approach regarding the duration and intensity of antithrombotic therapy exists. We investigated the best antithrombotic regimen for patients with APS after the first deep venous thrombosis (DVT)...
  8. ncbi Recurrent venous thromboembolism after pregnancy-associated versus unprovoked thromboembolism
    Richard H White
    Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Thromb Haemost 100:246-52. 2008
    ..These findings should be considered when decisions are made about VTE prophylaxis in women with a history of pregnancy-associated VTE...