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catherine nelson-piercy

Professor of OBSTETRIC MEDICINE
Verified email at gstt.nhs.uk
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Physiological changes in pregnancy: review articles

P Soma-Pillay, C Nelson-Piercy… - … journal of Africa, 2016 - journals.co.za
Physiological changes occur in pregnancy to nurture the developing foetus and prepare the
mother for labour and delivery. Some of these changes influence normal biochemical values …

[HTML][HTML] Low-molecular-weight heparins for thromboprophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy: a systematic review of safety and efficacy

IA Greer, C Nelson-Piercy - Blood, 2005 - Elsevier
To assess the safety and efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) for
thromboprophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy, a …

Chronic hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

K Bramham, B Parnell, C Nelson-Piercy, PT Seed… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To provide an accurate assessment of complications of pregnancy in women with
chronic hypertension, including comparison with population pregnancy data (US) to inform …

Saving Mothers' Lives: Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006-2008. The Eighth Report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the …

R Cantwell, T Clutton-Brock, G Cooper… - … journal of obstetrics …, 2011 - europepmc.org
This article has been corrected. See BJOG. 2015 Apr; 122 (5): e1. This article has been
corrected. See BJOG. 2015 Apr; 122 (5): e1. A comment on this article appears in" Deaths in …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of obstetric medicine

C Nelson-Piercy - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Medical professionals are often involved in the management of the pregnant patient without
necessarily being experts on all the complications surrounding pregnancy. The Handbook of …

The EULAR points to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy and lactation

CG Skorpen, M Hoeltzenbein, A Tincani… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
A European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) task force was established to define
points to consider on use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy …

The pre-eclampsia community guideline (PRECOG): how to screen for and detect onset of pre-eclampsia in the community

F Milne, C Redman, J Walker, P Baker, J Bradley… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Pre-eclampsia is a major cause of poor outcome in pregnancy: the category “hypertensive
diseases of pregnancy” remains a leading cause of direct maternal deaths in the United …

Risks of contraception and pregnancy in heart disease

S Thorne, A MacGregor, C Nelson-Piercy - Heart, 2006 - heart.bmj.com
BACKGROUND There is a lack of published data about contraception for women with heart
disease. As a result, family planning physicians may be over-cautious, denying women …

Management of hypertension before, during, and after pregnancy

PR James, C Nelson-Piercy - Heart, 2004 - heart.bmj.com
Hypertension is the most common medical problem encountered in pregnancy and remains
an important cause of maternal, and fetal, morbidity and mortality. It complicates up to 15 …

A prospective national study of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in the UK

M Knight, C Nelson-Piercy, JJ Kurinczuk, P Spark… - Gut, 2008 - gut.bmj.com
Objectives: To identify a national, population-based cohort of women with acute fatty liver of
pregnancy (AFLP), to evaluate proposed diagnostic criteria and to document accurately the …