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Early pregnancy vitamin D status and risk of preeclampsia.
- H. Mirzakhani, A. Litonjua, +20 authors S. Weiss
- Medicine
- The Journal of clinical investigation
- 1 December 2016
BACKGROUND
Low vitamin D status in pregnancy was proposed as a risk factor of preeclampsia.
METHODS
We assessed the effect of vitamin D supplementation (4,400 vs. 400 IU/day), initiated early in… Expand
Neuromuscular blocking agents for electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review
- H. Mirzakhani, C. Welch, M. Eikermann, A. Nozari
- Medicine
- Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- 1 January 2012
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the transcutaneous application of small electrical stimuli to the brain to induce generalised seizures for the treatment of selected psychiatric disorders. The… Expand
Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction.
- A. Litonjua, V. J. Carey, +10 authors S. Weiss
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 5 February 2020
BACKGROUND
We previously reported the results of a trial of prenatal vitamin D supplementation to prevent asthma and recurrent wheeze in young children, which suggested that supplementation provided… Expand
Pediatric transplantation and tolerance: Past, present, and future
- Seyed Kamran Hejazi Kenari, H. Mirzakhani, R. Saidi
- Medicine
- Pediatric transplantation
- 1 August 2014
Solid organ transplantation is the treatment of choice in children with end‐stage organ failure. With improving methods of transplant surgery and post‐transplant care, transplantation is more… Expand
The Role of Vitamin D in the Transcriptional Program of Human Pregnancy
- A. Al-Garawi, V. Carey, +7 authors S. Weiss
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 6 October 2016
Background Patterns of gene expression of human pregnancy are poorly understood. In a trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women, peripheral blood transcriptomes were measured… Expand
Muscle Weakness Predicts Pharyngeal Dysfunction and Symptomatic Aspiration in Long-term Ventilated Patients
- H. Mirzakhani, June-Noelle Williams, +6 authors M. Eikermann
- Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- 1 August 2013
Background:Prolonged mechanical ventilation is associated with muscle weakness, pharyngeal dysfunction, and symptomatic aspiration. The authors hypothesized that muscle strength measurements can be… Expand
Vitamin D prenatal programming of childhood metabolomics profiles at age 3 y.
- K. Blighe, B. Chawes, +5 authors J. Lasky-Su
- Medicine
- The American journal of clinical nutrition
- 1 October 2017
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in a range of common complex diseases that may be prevented by gestational vitamin D repletion. Understanding the metabolic mechanisms related to in… Expand
The Validity of Discharge Billing Codes Reflecting Severe Maternal Morbidity
- Matthew J. G. Sigakis, L. Leffert, +7 authors B. Bateman
- Medicine
- Anesthesia and analgesia
- 1 September 2016
BACKGROUND: Discharge diagnoses are used to track national trends and patterns of maternal morbidity. There are few data regarding the validity of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)… Expand
Impact of Preeclampsia on the Relationship between Maternal Asthma and Offspring Asthma. An Observation from the VDAART Clinical Trial
- H. Mirzakhani, V. Carey, +7 authors S. Weiss
- Medicine
- American journal of respiratory and critical care…
- 2019
Rationale: Maternal asthma and preeclampsia have independently been reported to be associated with increased asthma incidence in children of affected mothers. Maternal asthma is also associated with… Expand
Impact of parental asthma, prenatal maternal asthma control, and vitamin D status on risk of asthma and recurrent wheeze in 3‐year‐old children
- H. Mirzakhani, V. Carey, +6 authors A. Litonjua
- Medicine
- Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of…
- 1 April 2019
While familial clustering of asthma is known, few studies have reported on the relative roles of paternal and maternal asthma and the role of maternal asthma control in pregnancy on the risk for… Expand