Linda J Heffner

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of labor induction, gestational age, and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:287-93. 2003
  2. ncbi Should older women have antepartum testing to prevent unexplained stillbirth?
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 104:56-64. 2004
  3. ncbi Prepregnancy body size, gestational weight gain, and risk of preterm birth in African-American women
    Lauren A Wise
    Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Epidemiology 21:243-52. 2010
  4. ncbi Perinatal outcome after preterm premature rupture of membranes with in situ cervical cerclage
    Thomas F McElrath
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1147-52. 2002
  5. ncbi Central adiposity and other anthropometric factors in relation to risk of macrosomia in an African American population
    Se Li
    Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 21:178-84. 2013
  6. ncbi Advanced maternal age--how old is too old?
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
    N Engl J Med 351:1927-9. 2004
  7. ncbi Maternal outcomes associated with planned primary cesarean births compared with planned vaginal births
    Eugene Declercq
    Department of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Biostatistics, Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 109:669-77. 2007
  8. ncbi Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: obstetric outcomes
    Susan E Ponkey
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:915-20. 2003
  9. ncbi Association of epidural-related fever and noninfectious inflammation in term labor
    Laura E Riley
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:588-95. 2011
  10. ncbi The downside of cesarean delivery: short- and long-term complications
    Carolyn Zelop
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and St. Francis Healthcare, Storrs, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:386-93. 2004

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Impact of labor induction, gestational age, and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:287-93. 2003
    ..To quantify the impact of labor induction and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates in nulliparous and multiparous women between 36 and 42 weeks' gestation...
  2. ncbi Should older women have antepartum testing to prevent unexplained stillbirth?
    Ruth C Fretts
    Harvard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 104:56-64. 2004
    ..We compared usual care (no antepartum testing or induction before 41 weeks), weekly testing at 37 weeks with induction after a positive test, and no testing with induction at 41 weeks...
  3. ncbi Prepregnancy body size, gestational weight gain, and risk of preterm birth in African-American women
    Lauren A Wise
    Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Epidemiology 21:243-52. 2010
    ..There is also uncertainty about optimal gestational weight gain among Black women...
  4. ncbi Perinatal outcome after preterm premature rupture of membranes with in situ cervical cerclage
    Thomas F McElrath
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1147-52. 2002
    ..This cohort study examines whether the presence of cerclage at the time of pPROM is associated with increased maternal or neonatal inflammatory morbidity...
  5. ncbi Central adiposity and other anthropometric factors in relation to risk of macrosomia in an African American population
    Se Li
    Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 21:178-84. 2013
    ....
  6. ncbi Advanced maternal age--how old is too old?
    Linda J Heffner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
    N Engl J Med 351:1927-9. 2004
  7. ncbi Maternal outcomes associated with planned primary cesarean births compared with planned vaginal births
    Eugene Declercq
    Department of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Biostatistics, Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 109:669-77. 2007
    ..To compare the outcomes and costs associated with primary cesarean births with no labor (planned cesareans) to vaginal and cesarean births with labor (planned vaginal)...
  8. ncbi Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: obstetric outcomes
    Susan E Ponkey
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:915-20. 2003
    ..In our population, the chances that a laboring woman with persistent occiput posterior position will have a spontaneous vaginal delivery are only 26% for nulliparas and 57% for multiparas...
  9. ncbi Association of epidural-related fever and noninfectious inflammation in term labor
    Laura E Riley
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:588-95. 2011
    ..To investigate the role of infection and noninfectious inflammation in epidural analgesia-related fever...
  10. ncbi The downside of cesarean delivery: short- and long-term complications
    Carolyn Zelop
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and St. Francis Healthcare, Storrs, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:386-93. 2004
  11. ncbi How much does parity matter?
    Linda J Heffner
    Obstet Gynecol 106:444-5. 2005
  12. ncbi Uterine rupture among women with a prior cesarean delivery
    Linda J Heffner
    N Engl J Med 346:134-7. 2002