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Preeclampsia: a report and recommendations of the workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Preeclampsia Foundation
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Patient journey during and after a pre-eclampsia-complicated pregnancy: a cross-sectional patient registry study
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Information needs and experiences from pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders: a qualitative analysis of narrative responses
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Women’s attitudes, beliefs and values about tests, and management for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
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Ellen W. Seely, MD,1,2 Ann C. Celi, MD, MPH,2,3 Jaimie Chausmer, FNP-C,4 Cornelia Graves, MD,5 Sarah Kilpatrick, MD, PhD,6 Jacinda M. Nicklas, MD, MPH,7 Mary L. Rosser, MD, PhD,8 Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH,2,9 Jennifer J. Stuart, ScD,2,9,10 Eleni Tsigas, BA,11 Jennifer Voelker, MS,11 Carolyn Zelop, MD,12,13 and Janet W. Rich-Edwards, ScD, MPH2,9,10
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Mayri Sagady Leslie, Linda Briggs, Maritza Dowling, Jeongyoung Park - Vision Grant 2017
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Edwards J, Stuart J, Skurnik G, Roche A, Tsigas E, Fitzmaurice G, Wilkins-Hauge L, Levkoff S, Seely E. Journal of Woman's Health. 2019
Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Disease in Women: What do we know and what can we do?
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The Preeclampsia Foundation - Position Paper
Research Recommendations From the National Institutes of Health Workshop on Predicting, Preventing, and Treating Preeclampsia
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Gammill H, Chettier R, Brewer A, Roberts J, Shree R, Tsigas E, & Ward K. Circulation
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Tsigas, E. Obstetric Medicine.
Preeclampsia and long-term maternal cardiovascular health: Progress through harmonization of research cohorts and biobanks.
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Staff AC, Redman C, Williams D, Leeson P, Moe K, Thilaganathan B, Magnus P, Steegers E, Tsigas E, Ness R, Myatt L, Poston L, Roberts J. Hypertension. 2016.
Improving the postpartum care of women with a recent history of preeclampsia: a focus group study.
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Skurnik G, Roche A, Stuart J, Rich-Edwards J, Tsigas E, Levkoff S, Seely E. Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2016.
Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise.
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Souza, J, Widmer, M, Gulmezoglu, AM, Lawrie, T, Adejuyigbe, EA, Guillermo, C et al. Reproductive Health 2014, 11:61
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Seely WE, Rich-Edwards J, Lui J, Nicklas MJ, Saxena A, Tsigas E, Levkoff ES. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2013,13:240
The brain study: Cognition, quality of life and social functioning following preeclampsia; An observational study.
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Postma IR, Groen H, Easterling TR, Tsigas EZ, Wilson ML, Porcel J, Zeeman GG. Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women’s Cardiovascular Health 3 (2013) 227–234
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and risk of screening positive for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A cross-sectional study.
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Porcel J, Feigal C, Poye L, Postma IR, Zeeman GG, Olowoyeye A, Tsigas E, Wilson M. Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women’s Cardiovascular Health 3 (2013) 254–260.
PRE-EMPT (PRE-eclampsia-Eclampsia Monitoring, Prevention and Treatment): A low and middle income country initiative to reduce the global burden of maternal, fetal and infant death and disease related to pre-eclampsia.
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Von Dadelszen P, Sawchuck D, Hofmeyr GJ, Magee, LA, Bracken H, Mathai M, Tsigas EZ, Teela KC, Donnay F, Roberts JM. Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health. Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 199-202, October 2013.
Prenatal education is an opportunity for improved outcomes in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Results from an internet-based survey.
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Wallis, A; Tsigas, E; Saftlas, A; Sibai, B. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Nov;26(16):1565-7.
Hypertension in pregnancy. Report of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy.
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Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Nov;122(5):1122-31. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000437382.03963.88.
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You WB1, Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Grobman WA. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 May;206(5):431.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.03.006. Epub 2012 Mar 13.
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Prediction of adverse maternal outcomes in pre-eclampsia: development and validation of the fullPIERS model.
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Von Dadelszen P, Payne B, Li J, Ansermino JM, Broughton Pipkin F, Côté AM, Douglas MJ, Gruslin A, Hutcheon JA, Joseph KS, Kyle PM, Lee T, Loughna P, Menzies JM, Merialdi M, Millman AL, Moore MP, Moutquin JM, Ouellet AB, Smith GN, Walker JJ, Walley KR, Walters BN, Widmer M, Lee SK, Russell JA, Magee LA; PIERS Study Group (Tsigas E, contributor).Lancet. 2011 Jan 15;377(9761):219-27. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61351-7. Epub 2010 Dec 23.
Preeclampsia Integrated Estimate of RiSk Study Group. Abnormal liver function tests as predictors of adverse maternal outcomes in women with preeclampsia.
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Kozic JR, Benton SJ, Hutcheon JA, Payne BA, Magee LA, von Dadelszen P; Mark Ansermino J, Côté AM, Cundiff G, Gruslin A, Hugo D, Joseph KS, Lee SK, Li J, Lott P, Menzies J, Moutquin JM, Ouellet AB, Russell JA, Shaw D, Smith GN, Keith D, Tawagi G, Wagner B, Walters BN, Mahajan S, Noovao A, Kyle PM, Moore MP, Hall D, Wilhelm Steyn D, Biryabarema C, Mirembe F, Nakimuli A, Broughton Pipkin F, Loughna P, Walker JJ, Grobman W, Tsigas E, Merialdi M, Widmer M. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2011 Oct;33(10):995-1004.
Advocacy organisations as partners in pre-eclampsia progress: patient involvement improves outcomes.
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(book chapter) Tsigas E, Magee L. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology 25 (2011), pp. 523-536 DOI information: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.03.001
Review Article: Preeclampsia A Pressing Problem: An Executive Summary of a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Workshop
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Ilekis JV, Reddy U, Roberts JM and contributors. Reproductive Sciences 2007; 14; 508.
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