W M Gilbert

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Childbearing beyond age 40: pregnancy outcome in 24,032 cases
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:9-14. 1999
  2. ncbi Vaginal versus cesarean delivery for breech presentation in California: a population-based study
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:911-7. 2003
  3. ncbi The cost of prematurity: quantification by gestational age and birth weight
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Davis, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:488-92. 2003
  4. ncbi Teaching malpractice litigation in a mock trial setting: a center for perinatal medicine and law
    William M Gilbert
    Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:589-93. 2003
  5. ncbi Fetal monkey surfactants after intra-amniotic or maternal administration of betamethasone and thyroid hormone
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 98:466-70. 2001
  6. ncbi Associated factors in 1611 cases of brachial plexus injury
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:536-40. 1999
  7. ncbi Amniotic fluid embolism: decreased mortality in a population-based study
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:973-7. 1999
  8. ncbi Adequacy of prenatal care among women with psychiatric diagnoses giving birth in California in 1994 and 1995
    R H Kelly
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis 95817, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 50:1584-90. 1999
  9. ncbi Effect of mode of delivery in nulliparous women on neonatal intracranial injury
    D Towner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis Sacramento 95817, USA
    N Engl J Med 341:1709-14. 1999
  10. ncbi Cost, causes and rates of rehospitalization of preterm infants
    M A Underwood
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
    J Perinatol 27:614-9. 2007

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Publications35

  1. ncbi Childbearing beyond age 40: pregnancy outcome in 24,032 cases
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:9-14. 1999
    ..To examine pregnancy outcomes in women age 40 or older...
  2. ncbi Vaginal versus cesarean delivery for breech presentation in California: a population-based study
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:911-7. 2003
    ..To examine the population-based pregnancy outcomes associated with vaginal breech delivery...
  3. ncbi The cost of prematurity: quantification by gestational age and birth weight
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Davis, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:488-92. 2003
    ..To determine gestational age- and birth weight-related pregnancy outcomes and resource use associated with prematurity in surviving neonates...
  4. ncbi Teaching malpractice litigation in a mock trial setting: a center for perinatal medicine and law
    William M Gilbert
    Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 101:589-93. 2003
    ..To describe a novel center for perinatal medicine and law in a school of medicine and assess its inaugural presentation of the role of expert witnesses in a mock trial setting...
  5. ncbi Fetal monkey surfactants after intra-amniotic or maternal administration of betamethasone and thyroid hormone
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 98:466-70. 2001
    ..To compare direct intra-amniotic injection of betamethasone and thyroxine (T4) with maternal treatment and controls for accelerating pulmonary surfactant production...
  6. ncbi Associated factors in 1611 cases of brachial plexus injury
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:536-40. 1999
    ..To identify risk factors associated with brachial plexus injury in a large population...
  7. ncbi Amniotic fluid embolism: decreased mortality in a population-based study
    W M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 93:973-7. 1999
    ..To examine the risk factors and pregnancy outcomes associated with 53 cases of amniotic fluid embolism that occurred in California during the 2-year period January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995...
  8. ncbi Adequacy of prenatal care among women with psychiatric diagnoses giving birth in California in 1994 and 1995
    R H Kelly
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis 95817, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 50:1584-90. 1999
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  9. ncbi Effect of mode of delivery in nulliparous women on neonatal intracranial injury
    D Towner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis Sacramento 95817, USA
    N Engl J Med 341:1709-14. 1999
    ..Infants delivered by vacuum extraction or other operative techniques may be more likely to sustain major injuries than those delivered spontaneously, but the extent of the risk is unknown...
  10. ncbi Cost, causes and rates of rehospitalization of preterm infants
    M A Underwood
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
    J Perinatol 27:614-9. 2007
    ..To examine hospital readmissions for premature infants during the first year of life...
  11. ncbi Obstetrical deliveries associated with maternal malignancy in California, 1992 through 1997
    L H Smith
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento 95817, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 184:1504-12; discussion 1512-3. 2001
    ..A significant increase in risk of neonatal death for infants of mothers with cervical cancer was found...
  12. ncbi Chart-recorded psychiatric diagnoses in women giving birth in California in 1992
    R H Kelly
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 156:955-7. 1999
    ..This study examines the occurrence of chart-recorded psychiatric discharge diagnoses among all women delivering in California hospitals in 1992...
  13. ncbi Obstetric anal sphincter lacerations
    V L Handa
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 98:225-30. 2001
    ..37, 1.52). CONCLUSION: Anal sphincter lacerations are strongly associated with primiparity, macrosomia, and operative vaginal delivery. Of the modifiable risk factors, operative vaginal delivery remains the dominant independent variable...
  14. ncbi Pregnancy outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus
    S Yasmeen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California Davis, USA
    J Matern Fetal Med 10:91-6. 2001
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine pregnancy outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
  15. ncbi Vaginal birth after cesarean in California
    J Melnikow
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 98:421-6. 2001
    ..To estimate rates at which women were offered and consented to trial of labor in California hospitals with high and low risk-adjusted cesarean delivery rates...
  16. ncbi The cost of preterm birth: the low cost versus high value of tocolysis
    W M Gilbert
    Women s Services, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
    BJOG 113:4-9. 2006
    ..Which tocolytic agent to use depends on many factors including underlying maternal status, gestational age of the fetus and documented efficacy of agent used...
  17. ncbi Is grandmultiparity an independent risk factor for adverse perinatal outcomes?
    Shagufta Yasmeen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 17:277-80. 2005
    ..To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes among grandmultiparous women to those of multiparous women 30 years or older...
  18. ncbi Coding of perineal lacerations and other complications of obstetric care in hospital discharge data
    Patrick S Romano
    Division of General Medicine, the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 106:717-25. 2005
    ..To assess the validity of obstetric complications, including the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Core Measure on perineal lacerations, in the California Patient Discharge Data Set...
  19. ncbi Current status of obstetrics and gynecology resident medical-legal education: a survey of program directors
    Carey Moreno-Hunt
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 106:1382-4. 2005
    ..Residency programs may benefit from a larger and more formal resident education program on medical-legal issues...
  20. ncbi Maternal and neonatal outcomes after attempted suicide
    Sonal G Gandhi
    University of California, Davis, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 107:984-90. 2006
    ..The best identifier for women at risk for attempting suicide is substance abuse. Care provider identification and prevention are of key importance in preventing these outcomes...
  21. ncbi Association of maternal fractures with adverse perinatal outcomes
    Dina El Kady
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:711-6. 2006
    ..3,1.7]) and a 9-fold increased risk of thrombotic events (odds ratio, 9.2 [95% CI, 1.3,65.7]) Pelvic fractures had the worst outcomes. CONCLUSION: Fractures during pregnancy are an important marker for poor perinatal outcomes...
  22. ncbi Vaginal vs. cesarean delivery for preterm breech presentation of singleton infants in California: a population-based study
    Peter A Robilio
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, and Health Information Solutions, Rocklin, California, USA
    J Reprod Med 52:473-9. 2007
    ..To examine the morbidity and mortality associated with vaginal breech delivery (VBD) of premature, low-birth-weight (LBW) (< 2.5 kg) newborns as compared to delivery by cesarean section...
  23. ncbi Pregnancy-associated cervical cancer: obstetric outcomes
    John L Dalrymple
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, California 95817, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 17:269-76. 2005
    ..Describe the obstetric outcomes among women in California with pregnancy associated cervical cancer...
  24. ncbi Pregnancy outcomes in women with chronic hypertension: a population-based study
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    J Reprod Med 52:1046-51. 2007
    ..To determine the pregnancy outcomes associated with maternal chronic hypertension...
  25. ncbi Pregnancy outcomes associated with intrauterine growth restriction
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California at Davis, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:1596-9; discussion 1599-601. 2003
    ..From then on, all adverse outcomes were increased compared with normally grown premature infants, suggesting a need for closer surveillance for IUGR in the third trimester...
  26. ncbi Tracking career satisfaction and perceptions of quality among US obstetricians and gynecologists
    Richard L Kravitz
    Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 102:463-70. 2003
    ....
  27. ncbi Networked for change? Identifying obstetric opinion leaders and assessing their opinions on caesarean delivery
    Richard L Kravitz
    Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, 4150 V Street Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Soc Sci Med 57:2423-34. 2003
    ..However, they did not consistently support policies designed to reduce the caesarean delivery rate. The results have implications for the generalizability of opinion leader strategies...
  28. ncbi Trauma during pregnancy: an analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes in a large population
    Dina El-Kady
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Trauma Surgery at University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, 95817, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:1661-8. 2004
    ..This study highlights the need to optimize education in trauma prevention during pregnancy...
  29. ncbi Maternal and neonatal outcomes of assaults during pregnancy
    Dina El Kady
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California-Davis, 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 105:357-63. 2005
    ..level of evidence: iii...
  30. ncbi Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy and the puerperium: a population-based study
    Heidi E Ladner
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 105:480-4. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: Acute MI during pregnancy remains a rare event, with significant maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality and maternal mortality limited to the antepartum and intrapartum period...
  31. ncbi Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting presentations: what gets published and why?
    William M Gilbert
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:32-5. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine the publication rate and factors influencing publication among presentations to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) from 1991 through 2000...
  32. ncbi Accuracy of obstetric diagnoses and procedures in hospital discharge data
    Shagufta Yasmeen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:992-1001. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: The validity of hospital-reported obstetric procedures and diagnoses varies, with moderate to high accuracy for some codes but poor accuracy for others...
  33. ncbi Society of Gynecologic Investigation: what gets published?
    Sonal G Gandhi
    Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
    J Soc Gynecol Investig 11:562-5. 2004
    ..To compare publication rates of the plenary slide presentations (plenary), concurrent slide presentations (concurrent), and poster presentations (poster) at Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) meetings for the interval 1990 to 1999...
  34. ncbi Prevention of birth injuries
    William M Gilbert
    Women's Services, Sutter Health, Sacramento Sierra Region, California, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 50:561-2. 2007
  35. ncbi Amniotic fluid: not just fetal urine anymore
    Mark A Underwood
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    J Perinatol 25:341-8. 2005
    ..This article reviews recent discoveries and the current understanding of the origin and circulation of AF and its nutritive, protective, and diagnostic functions. Future directions for AF research are also discussed...

Research Grants1

  1. Antecedent Risk Factors Associated with Cerebral Palsy
    William Gilbert; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This project will allow us to link the databases and start initial data analysis. ..