Northern Clinical School: Recent submissions
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Variation in and factors associated with timing of low risk, pre-labour repeat caesarean sections in NSW, 2008-2011
Published 2016-01-01In April 2007, the New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Health released an evidence-based policy directive requiring that ‘where there are no compelling medical indications, elective or pre-labour caesarean section does not ...Open AccessArticle -
Dietary vitamin, mineral and herbal supplement use: a cross-sectional survey of before and during pregnancy use in Sydney, Australia.
Published 2016-01-01AIM: To describe use of dietary vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements before and during pregnancy. METHODS: Pregnant women attending antenatal care at two tertiary Sydney hospitals between January and March 2014 completed ...Open AccessArticle -
Evaluation of first trimester serum soluble endothelial cell-specific tyrosine kinase receptor in normal and affected pregnancies
Published 2015-01-01Aims: To assess soluble endothelial cell-specific tyrosine kinase receptor (sTie-2) levels in the first trimester of pregnancy and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes; and examine the predictive accuracy. Study ...Open AccessArticle -
Hospitalisations from one to six years of age: Effects of Gestational Age and Severe Neonatal Morbidity
Published 2015-01-01Background: To investigate whether the adverse infant health outcomes associated with early birth and severe neonatal morbidity (SNM) persist beyond the first year of life and impact on paediatric hospitalisations for ...Open AccessArticle -
Delivery of a Small-For-Gestational-Age Infant and Risk of Maternal Cardiovascular Disease – A Population-Based Record Linkage Study
Published 2015-01-01Background. Delivery of small for gestational age (SGA) infants has been associated with increased risk of future maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, whether the risk increases progressively with the greater ...Open AccessArticle