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| William M CallaghanSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Overview of maternal mortality in the United StatesWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30030, USA
Semin Perinatol 36:2-6. 2012..Trends and patterns in these deaths as well as emerging issues concerning causes of maternal deaths and the difficulty with interpreting trend data will be discussed...- Differences in birth weight for gestational age distributions according to the measures used to assign gestational ageWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:826-36. 2010..Agreement between the gold standard estimate and clinical and obstetric estimates of gestational age suggests that using the LMP-based estimate for establishing norms should be revisited... 
Pregnancy-related mortality among women aged 35 years and older, United States, 1991-1997William 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...- Deaths from seasonal influenza among pregnant women in the United States, 1998-2005William M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:919-23. 2010..To estimate pregnancy-related mortality caused by seasonal influenza in the United States for comparison with the current 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic... - Gestational age estimates from singleton births conceived using assisted reproductive technologyWilliam M Callaghan
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:79-85. 2007..Even when the birthweight and dates of conception and birth are known, questions remain regarding the residual amount of misclassification and the true nature of the birthweight distributions... - The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United StatesWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS K 23, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatrics 118:1566-73. 2006..To address this apparent discrepancy, we sought to estimate more accurately the contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United States... 
Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative GroupMarian 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...- Association between obesity during pregnancy and increased use of health careSusan 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... - Maternal morbidity rates in a managed care populationF 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... - Effects of different data-editing methods on trends in race-specific preterm delivery rates, United States, 1990-2002Cheng Qin
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:41-9. 2007..Uncertainty persists around the true trends in preterm delivery, especially among African Americans. Additional research is needed to identify the approach that results in the most accurate classification of gestational age... - Extent of maternal morbidity in a managed care population in georgiaF 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... - Early term delivery and health care utilization in the first year of lifePatricia M Dietz
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Pediatr 161:234-9.e1. 2012..To assess health care utilization during the first year of life among early term-born infants... - Maternal obesity and risk of stillbirth: a metaanalysisSusan Y Chu
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:223-8. 2007..Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of stillbirth, although the mechanisms to explain this association are not clear... - The contribution of clinic-based interventions to reduce prenatal smoking prevalence among US womenShin Y Kim
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Public Health 99:893-8. 2009..We sought to estimate the effect of universal implementation of a clinic-based, psychosocial smoking cessation intervention for pregnant women... - Infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in the U.SPatricia M Dietz
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:45-52. 2010..Although prenatal smoking continues to decline, it remains one of the most prevalent preventable causes of infant morbidity and mortality in the U.S... - Health care utilisation in the first year of life among infants of mothers with perinatal depression or anxietySherry 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... - Trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality in the United States: 1980-2007Andreea 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... - Maternal smokeless tobacco use in Alaska Native women and singleton infant birth sizeLucinda J England
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30030, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 91:93-103. 2012..To examine the effects of maternal prenatal smokeless tobacco use on infant birth size... - Gestational weight gain by body mass index among US women delivering live births, 2004-2005: fueling future obesitySusan Y Chu
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:271.e1-7. 2009..Current pregnancy weight gain guidelines are based on prepregnancy body mass indices (BMI), but gestational weight gains by BMI class among US women are unknown... - Trends in pre-pregnancy obesity in nine states, 1993-2003Shin Y Kim
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K 23, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:986-93. 2007..This study used a large population-based data source to examine trends, from 1993 through 2003, in the prevalence of pre-pregnancy obesity among women who delivered live infants... - Preventability of pregnancy-related deaths: results of a state-wide reviewCynthia 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... - Combined effects of prepregnancy body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy on the risk of preterm deliveryPatricia M Dietz
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Epidemiology 17:170-7. 2006..The association between excessive gestational weight gain and preterm delivery is unclear, as is the association between low gestational weight gain and preterm delivery among overweight and obese women... - Postpartum screening for diabetes after a gestational diabetes mellitus-affected pregnancyPatricia 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)... - Identification of severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalizations, United States, 1991-2003William 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... - Trends in postpartum hemorrhage: United States, 1994-2006William 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... - A comparison of LMP-based and ultrasound-based estimates of gestational age using linked California livebirth and prenatal screening recordsPatricia M Dietz
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:62-71. 2007..The 2003 revised US Standard Certificate of Live Birth includes a new gestational age item, the obstetric estimate. It will be important to assess whether this estimate addresses the problems presented by LMP-based gestational age... - Overview of maternal morbidity during hospitalization for labor and delivery in the United States: 1993-1997 and 2001-2005Cynthia 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... - Clinical indications and determinants of the rise of cesarean section in three hospitals in rural ChinaCheng 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... - Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1998 to 2005Cynthia 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... - Cardiomyopathy and other myocardial disorders among hospitalizations for pregnancy in the United States: 2004-2006Elena V Kuklina
Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:93-100. 2010.... - The Black-White disparity in pregnancy-related mortality from 5 conditions: differences in prevalence and case-fatality ratesMyra 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.... - Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1991-1997Cynthia 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... - Cesarean delivery among women with low-risk pregnancies: a comparison of birth certificates and hospital discharge dataEmily 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.... - Low pregnancy weight gain and small for gestational age: a comparison of the association using 3 different measures of small for gestational agePatricia M Dietz
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 201:53.e1-7. 2009.... - Race, ethnicity, and nativity differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in the United States: 1993-2006Andreea 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... - Pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus illness among pregnant women in the United StatesAlicia M Siston
Epidemic Intelligence Service, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 303:1517-25. 2010..Early data on pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) suggest pregnant women are at increased risk of hospitalization and death... - From mortality to morbidity: the challenge of the twenty-first centuryCynthia J Berg
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
J Am Med Womens Assoc 57:173-4. 2002.... - High pregnancy weight gain and risk of excessive fetal growthPatricia M Dietz
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 201:51.e1-6. 2009.... - Trends in pregnancy hospitalizations that included a stroke in the United States from 1994 to 2007: reasons for concern?Elena V Kuklina
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K 37, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Stroke 42:2564-70. 2011..This report describes stroke hospitalizations for women in the antenatal, delivery, and postpartum periods from 1994 to 1995 to 2006 to 2007 and analyzes the changes in these hospitalizations over time... - Maternal obesity and risk of gestational diabetes mellitusSusan Y Chu
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K 23, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2070-6. 2007..This meta-analysis was conducted to better estimate this risk and to explore differences across studies... - Health concerns of women and infants in times of natural disasters: lessons learned from Hurricane KatrinaWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Matern Child Health J 11:307-11. 2007..This report cites the example of Hurricane Katrina to focus on the needs of pregnant women and infants during times of natural disasters and provides considerations for those who plan for the response to these events... - Clinically identified maternal depression before, during, and after pregnancies ending in live birthsPatricia M Dietz
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway N E, M S K 22, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:1515-20. 2007..This study estimated the prevalence of diagnosed depression and treatment among women before, during, and after pregnancies ending in live births... - Preventing type 2 diabetes: public health implications for women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitusLucinda J England
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:365.e1-8. 2009..Clinicians and public health workers face numerous challenges in developing intervention strategies for this population. Translation research will be critical in addressing this important public health issue... - Assessing Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Young Women with a History of Delivering a Low-Birth-Weight InfantPatricia M Dietz
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Am J Perinatol 30:267-74. 2013..0% of those without a history of LBWI (p = 0.0016).Conclusion Women with a history of TLBWI should be informed of a possible increased risk of CVD and encouraged to receive screenings as recommended... - Gestational diabetes and childhood obesity: what is the link?Shin Y Kim
aDivision of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bUS Public Health Service Commission Corps, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 24:376-81. 2012..To review recently published studies examining the role of prepregnancy obesity in the relationship between gestational diabetes mellitus and childhood obesity... - Severe maternal morbidity among delivery and postpartum hospitalizations in the United StatesWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health and the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Obstet Gynecol 120:1029-36. 2012.... - Maternal mortality surveillance in the United States: moving into the twenty-first centuryWilliam 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... - Hypertensive disorders and severe obstetric morbidity in the United StatesElena V Kuklina
Northrop Grumman, Civilian Agencies Group, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:1299-306. 2009..To examine trends in the rates of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and compare the rates of severe obstetric complications for delivery hospitalizations with and without hypertensive disorders... - Risk of cardiovascular mortality in relation to optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol combined with hypertriglyceridemia: is there a difference by gender?Elena V Kuklina
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 21:807-14. 2011.... - Pregnancy-associated hospitalizations in the United States, 1999-2000Stephen J Bacak
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 192:592-7. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine nondelivery, pregnancy-associated hospitalizations in the United States and the factors associated with them... - Population-based assessment of the risk of primary cesarean delivery due to excess prepregnancy weight among nulliparous women delivering term infantsPatricia M Dietz
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3714, USA
Matern Child Health J 9:237-44. 2005..To estimate the risk of cesarean delivery due to excess prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) in a multistate, US population-based sample... - Attitudes and practices of obstetrician-gynecologists regarding influenza vaccination in pregnancyDmitry M Kissin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Obstet Gynecol 118:1074-80. 2011..To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) regarding vaccination of pregnant women during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic... - Revival of a core public health function: state- and urban-based maternal death review processesDavid Goodman
1 Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 22:395-8. 2013..S. capacity for conducting maternal death reviews, and introduces a new Maternal Mortality Initiative that aims to develop standardized guidelines for state- or city-based maternal deaths review processes...