National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network

MFMU Network Publications Presentations from the
Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Effects of
Asthma and Treatment Regimens on Perinatal Outcomes

Publications

1. Schatz M, Dombrowski M, Wise R, Thom EA, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman R, Hauth J, Lindheimer M, Caritis S, Leveno K, Meis P, Miodovnik M, Wapner R, Paul R, Verner M, O’Sullivan M, Thurnau G, Conway D, McNellis D for the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. Asthma morbidity during pregnancy can be predicted by asthma severity classification. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 112:283-8, 2003.



2. Dombrowski MP, Schatz M, Wise R, Momirova V, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman R, McNellis D, Hauth J, Lindheimer M, Caritis S, Leveno K, Meis P, Miodovnik M, Wapner R, Paul R, Varner M, O'Sullivan M, Thurnau G, Conway D for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, and the NHLBI. Asthma During Pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 103(1): 5-12, 2004.



3. Varner VW, Noble, WD, Dombrowski M, Sibai B, Rouse DJ, Paul R, Caritis SN, Miodovnik M, Moawad A, Iams, JD, Witter F, Romero R, Leveno K, Meis P, Wapner R, Rosen M, Thurnau G, Van Dorsten P, O’Sullivan MJ, Conway D for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios? The Journal of Maternal- Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 17(3): 173-177, 2005.



4. Hendler I, Schatz M, Momirova V, Wise R, Landon M, Mabie W, Newman RB, Kiley J, Hauth JC, Moawad A, Caritis SN, Spong CY, Leveno KJ, Miodovnik M, Meis P, Wapner RJ, Paul RH, Varner MW, O'Sullivan MJ, Thurnau GR, Conway DL for the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Association of obesity with pulmonary and non-pulmonary complications of pregnancy in asthmatic women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:77-82, 2006.

Presentations

1. Dombrowski MP, for the NICHD MFMU Network. An observational cohort studyto evaluate the effects of asthma on perinatal outcome. Presentedat the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,Miami, FL, February 2000.



2. Dombrowski MP, for the NICHD MFMU Network. Should the definitions of asthma severity be modified during pregnancy? Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Miami, FL, February 2000.



3. Mabie W, for the NICHD MFMU Network. Maternal complications of asthma in pregnancy. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Investigators, Chicago, IL, March 2000.



4. Schatz M, for the NICHD MFMU Network. The relationship of asthma severity classification during pregnancy to gestational asthma morbidity. Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, San Diego, CA, April 2000.



5. Landon MB, for the NICHD MFMU Network. Treatment regimen is more predictiveof asthma severity during pregnancy than current NAEP criteria. Presented at the21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV, February 2001.



6. Sheffield JS, for the NICHD MFMU Network. The effect of passive cigarette smoke on birthweight in pregnant women with asthma. Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA, February 2004.



7. Varner M, for the NICHD MFMU Network. Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios? Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA, February 2004.



8. Hendler I. for the NICHD MFMU Network. The effect of maternal obesity on the course of asthma during pregnancy. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV, February 2005.



9. Moldenhauer J. for the NICHD MFMU Network. Influence of maternal asthma and asthma severity on newborn morphometry. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reno, NV, February 2005.



10. Moldenhauer J for the NICHD MFMU Network. Fetal gender and outcomes in women with asthma. Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005.



11. Louis, J for the NICHD MFMU Network. Impact of environmental exposures on asthma control in pregnancy. Presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, February 2007.