Cynthia J Berg

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Amniotic fluid embolism incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a review and recommendations
    Marian Knight
    National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:7. 2012
  2. ncbi From identification and review to action--maternal mortality review in the United States
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of ReproductiveHealth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Semin Perinatol 36:7-13. 2012
  3. ncbi Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group
    Marian Knight
    National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 9:55. 2009
  4. ncbi Preventability of pregnancy-related deaths: results of a state-wide review
    Cynthia J Berg
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 106:1228-34. 2005
  5. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1991-1997
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:289-96. 2003
  6. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1998 to 2005
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 116:1302-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Maternal morbidity rates in a managed care population
    F Carol Bruce
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 111:1089-95. 2008
  8. ncbi Homicide: a leading cause of injury deaths among pregnant and postpartum women in the United States, 1991-1999
    Jeani Chang
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mail Stop K 21, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:471-7. 2005
  9. ncbi Extent of maternal morbidity in a managed care population in georgia
    F Carol Bruce
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health The Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 26:497-505. 2012
  10. ncbi Changes in pregnancy mortality ascertainment: United States, 1999-2005
    Andrea P MacKay
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 118:104-10. 2011

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Publications39

  1. ncbi Amniotic fluid embolism incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a review and recommendations
    Marian Knight
    National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:7. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi From identification and review to action--maternal mortality review in the United States
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of ReproductiveHealth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Semin Perinatol 36:7-13. 2012
    ..The review committee should be multidisciplinary, with its members being official representatives of their organizations or departments, again to improve buy-in of the stakeholders...
  3. ncbi Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group
    Marian Knight
    National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 9:55. 2009
    ..Several recent publications have noted an increasing trend in incidence over time. The international PPH collaboration was convened to explore the observed trends and to set out actions to address the factors identified...
  4. ncbi Preventability of pregnancy-related deaths: results of a state-wide review
    Cynthia J Berg
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 106:1228-34. 2005
    ..We sought to identify all pregnancy-related deaths in North Carolina and conduct a comprehensive review examining ways in which the number of these deaths could potentially be reduced...
  5. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1991-1997
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:289-96. 2003
    ..To describe trends in pregnancy-related mortality and risk factors for pregnancy-related deaths in the United States for the years 1991 through 1997...
  6. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1998 to 2005
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 116:1302-9. 2010
    ..To estimate the risk of women dying from pregnancy complications in the United States and to examine the risk factors for and changes in the medical causes of these deaths...
  7. ncbi Maternal morbidity rates in a managed care population
    F Carol Bruce
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 111:1089-95. 2008
    ..To identify and estimate prevalence rates of maternal morbidities by pregnancy outcome and selected covariates during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods in a defined population of pregnant women...
  8. ncbi Homicide: a leading cause of injury deaths among pregnant and postpartum women in the United States, 1991-1999
    Jeani Chang
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mail Stop K 21, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:471-7. 2005
    ..We identified risk factors for pregnancy-associated homicide (women who died as a result of homicide during or within 1 year of pregnancy) in the United States from 1991 to 1999...
  9. ncbi Extent of maternal morbidity in a managed care population in georgia
    F Carol Bruce
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health The Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 26:497-505. 2012
    ..Traditional attempts to monitor maternal morbidity have used hospital discharge data, which include data only on complications that resulted in hospitalisation, underestimating the frequency and scope of complications...
  10. ncbi Changes in pregnancy mortality ascertainment: United States, 1999-2005
    Andrea P MacKay
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 118:104-10. 2011
    ..S. Standard Certificate of Death, 2003 Revision, on the ascertainment of deaths resulting from pregnancy...
  11. ncbi Abortion surveillance--United States, 2001
    Lilo T Strauss
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 53:1-32. 2004
    ..Policymakers and program planners use these data to improve the health and well-being of women and infants...
  12. ncbi An assessment of pregnancy-related mortality in the United States
    Andrea P MacKay
    Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20872, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:206-14. 2005
    ..Changes in the guidelines for coding maternal deaths under ICD-10 may change the relationship in the number of deaths resulting from pregnancy reported by these two systems...
  13. ncbi Trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality in the United States: 1980-2007
    Andreea A Creanga
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:837-43. 2011
    ..To estimate trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality and examine characteristics of recently hospitalized women who died as a result of ectopic pregnancy in the United States...
  14. ncbi Trends in postpartum hemorrhage: United States, 1994-2006
    William M Callaghan
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 202:353.e1-6. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in the United States and to assess trends...
  15. ncbi Abortion surveillance--United States, 2002
    Lilo T Strauss
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 54:1-31. 2005
    ..Policymakers and program planners use these data to improve the health and well-being of women and infants...
  16. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality surveillance--United States, 1991--1999
    Jeani Chang
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 52:1-8. 2003
    ..In addition, CDC is working with state health departments, researchers, health-care providers, and other stakeholders to improve the ascertainment and classification of pregnancy-related deaths...
  17. ncbi Health care utilisation in the first year of life among infants of mothers with perinatal depression or anxiety
    Sherry L Farr
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 27:81-8. 2013
    ..Limited information is available on associations between maternal depression and anxiety and infant health care utilisation...
  18. ncbi Clinical indications and determinants of the rise of cesarean section in three hospitals in rural China
    Cheng Qin
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE MS K 23, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Matern Child Health J 16:1484-90. 2012
    ..Ultrasound evidence of nuchal cord moved from the ninth ranked indication in 1997 to the second in 2003 in Chengde County Hospital...
  19. ncbi The Black-White disparity in pregnancy-related mortality from 5 conditions: differences in prevalence and case-fatality rates
    Myra J Tucker
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:247-51. 2007
    ....
  20. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality among women with multifetal pregnancies
    Andrea P MacKay
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 107:563-8. 2006
    ..To examine the relative risk of pregnancy-related mortality between multifetal pregnancies and singleton pregnancies...
  21. ncbi Association between obesity during pregnancy and increased use of health care
    Susan Y Chu
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    N Engl J Med 358:1444-53. 2008
    ..In the United States, obesity during pregnancy is common and increases obstetrical risks. An estimate of the increase in use of health care services associated with obesity during pregnancy is needed...
  22. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality among women aged 35 years and older, United States, 1991-1997
    William M Callaghan
    Division of Reproductive Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:1015-21. 2003
    ..To describe pregnancy-related deaths among women 35 years and older and to compare their risk of death to that for 25-29-year-old women...
  23. ncbi Variation between last-menstrual-period and clinical estimates of gestational age in vital records
    Cheng Qin
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 167:646-52. 2008
    ..This finding deserves particular attention and further investigation...
  24. ncbi From mortality to morbidity: the challenge of the twenty-first century
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    J Am Med Womens Assoc 57:173-4. 2002
    ....
  25. ncbi Overview of maternal morbidity during hospitalization for labor and delivery in the United States: 1993-1997 and 2001-2005
    Cynthia J Berg
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 113:1075-81. 2009
    ..To assess progress toward meeting the U.S. Healthy People 2010 objective of reducing the rate of maternal morbidity at delivery hospitalization by comparing National Hospital Discharge Survey data from two time periods...
  26. ncbi Cesarean delivery among women with low-risk pregnancies: a comparison of birth certificates and hospital discharge data
    Emily B Kahn
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 113:33-40. 2009
    ....
  27. ncbi Postpartum screening for diabetes after a gestational diabetes mellitus-affected pregnancy
    Patricia M Dietz
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 112:868-74. 2008
    ..To estimate trends in postpartum glucose testing in a cohort of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)...
  28. ncbi Identification of severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalizations, United States, 1991-2003
    William M Callaghan
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:133.e1-8. 2008
    ..This investigation aimed to identify pregnancy complications and risk factors for women who experienced severe maternal morbidity during the delivery hospitalization and to estimate severe maternal morbidity rates...
  29. ncbi Race, ethnicity, and nativity differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in the United States: 1993-2006
    Andreea A Creanga
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 120:261-8. 2012
    ..To compare trends in and causes of pregnancy-related mortality by race, ethnicity, and nativity from 1993 to 2006...
  30. ncbi Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States
    Linda A Bartlett
    Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 103:729-37. 2004
    ..To assess risk factors for legal induced abortion-related deaths...
  31. ncbi Abortion surveillance--United States, 2000
    Laurie D Elam-Evans
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 52:1-32. 2003
    ..Policy makers and program planners need these data to improve the health and well-being of women and infants...
  32. ncbi Pregnancy-related mortality due to cardiomyopathy: United States, 1991-1997
    Sara J Whitehead
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:1326-31. 2003
    ....
  33. ncbi Peripartum cardiomyopathy: population-based birth prevalence and 7-year mortality
    Margaret A Harper
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, North Carolina 28803, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 120:1013-9. 2012
    ....
  34. ncbi Maternal mortality surveillance in the United States: moving into the twenty-first century
    William M Callaghan
    Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    J Am Med Womens Assoc 57:131-4, 139. 2002
    ..3 deaths per 100,000 live births, this paper reviews the history of MM surveillance in the United States and provides a basis for proposing new strategies that more appropriately address the concerns and issues of the 21st century...
  35. ncbi Abortion surveillance--United States, 1999
    Laurie D Elam-Evans
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 51:1-9, 11-28. 2002
    ..PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION: Abortion surveillance in the United States should continue so that trends and characteristics of women who obtain legal induced abortions can be examined and efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy can be enhanced...
  36. ncbi Morbidity and mortality in pregnancy: laying the groundwork for safe motherhood
    Stacie E Geller
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
    Womens Health Issues 16:176-88. 2006
    ..We also address specific strategies for change for health care providers, federal and state health agencies, and the public health community...
  37. ncbi Development of an algorithm to identify pregnancy episodes in an integrated health care delivery system
    Mark C Hornbrook
    The Center for Health Research, Northwest Hawaii Southeast, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Health Serv Res 42:908-27. 2007
    ..To develop and validate a software algorithm to detect pregnancy episodes and maternal morbidities using automated data. Data SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Automated records from a large integrated health care delivery system (IHDS), 1998-2001...
  38. ncbi Pregnancy-related deaths in four regions of Europe and the United States in 1999-2000: characterisation of unreported deaths
    Mika Gissler
    STAKES National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Information Division, Helsinki, Finland
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 133:179-85. 2007
    ....
  39. ncbi Deaths from Clostridium sordellii after medical abortion
    Suzanne B Zane
    N Engl J Med 354:1645-7; author reply 1645-7. 2006